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BB Principles of Ecology

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A hypothesis is tested under controlled conditions

a)

experiment

b)

organism

c)

observation

d)

population

2.

Using the senses to study the world

a)

experiment

b)

organism

c)

observation

d)

population

3.

All individuals of one species living in a certain area

a)

observation

b)

population

c)

experiment

d)

organism

4.

Any individual living thing

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

population

d)

organism

5.

Includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in an area

a)

Biosphere

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Popualtion

d)

Community

6.

A major regional or global community of organisms which is usually defined by the climate and the plant communities that live in an area.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Biome

d)

Biosphere

7.

A group of different species that all live together in one area

a)

community

b)

population

c)

ecosystem

d)

Biome

8.

Living factors in an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, bacteria and fungi

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

keystone species

d)

autotrophs

9.

Rocks, weather, wind and sunlight are

a)

abiotic factors

b)

biotic factors

10.

The variety of living things in an ecosystem

a)

keystone species

b)

biotic factors

c)

biodiversity

11.

A species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystems

a)

heterotrophs

b)

biodiversity

c)

oak trees

d)

keystone species

12.

Organisms that make their own food

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

heterotrophs

d)

omnivores

13.

Autotrophs that use chemical energy rather than sunlight to produce glucose

a)

photosynthesizers

b)

algae

c)

chemosynthesizer

d)

plants

14.

Producers can also be called

a)

consumers

b)

autotrophs

c)

heterotrophs

15.

Organisms that ead dead plant and animal matter, such as earthworms

a)

decomposer

b)

detritovore

c)

carnivore

d)

omnivore

16.

Each link in a food chain as a level of feeding

a)

trophic level

b)

food web

c)

herbivore

17.

Food webs show

a)

the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem

b)

all of the abiotic factors in an ecosystem

c)

a food pyramid

18.

An organism that eats many different things

a)

specialist

b)

generalist

c)

producer

d)

consumer

19.

An organism that only eats producers

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

secondary consumer