WorksheetsChapter 5 Environmental Test Review
Total questions: 89
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
genetic change in a population's gene pool over time
a)
evolution
b)
resource partitioning
c)
primary producer
d)
Food Web
2.
traits that improve an organism's chance of survival are passed more frequently to future generations.
a)
Natural Selection
b)
primary succession
c)
Consumer
d)
Genetic Drift
3.
organisms use of resources and its functional role in a community
a)
niche
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutation
4.
What type of community interaction? Spider crabs live in shallow areas of the ocean floor, and greenish-brown algae lives on the crab backs, making the crabs blend in with their environment, and unnoticeable to predators
a)
Mutualism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Parasitism
d)
Predator-prey
5.
What type of community interaction? Tapeworms attach themselves to the intestines of animals such as cows, pigs, and humans. They get food by eating the host's partly digested food, depriving the host of nutrients.
a)
Parasitism
b)
Commensalism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Predator-prey
6.
in this picture bacteria represents a:
a)
decomposer
b)
phototropism
c)
omnivore
d)
carnivore
7.
in this picture the tarantula represents a:
a)
Secondary Consumer
b)
herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Primary Consumer
8.
in this picture the Eagle represents a:
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Secondary Consumer
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
9.
Organisms that share the same place in a food web and have the same relationship to their energy source can be found in the same...
a)
Trophic Level
b)
Consumer
c)
Producer
d)
Food Web
10.
Which of these is a producer?
a)
Phytoplankton
b)
Leopard seal
c)
Krill
d)
Seagull
11.
The dragonfly is a(n)
a)
Tertiary consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Primary consumer
d)
Secondary consumer
12.
in this picture the mountain lion represents a:
a)
Secondary Consumer
b)
decomposer
c)
omnivore
d)
Primary Consumer
13.
Term that means a living thing
a)
Organism
b)
Abiotic
c)
Individual
d)
Trophic
14.
True or False: An organism's niche is its ecological role
a)
True
b)
False
15.
An organism that eats other organisms; uses the energy and nutrients stored in other living organisms because they cannot make their own food.
a)
consumer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
d)
carnivore
16.
Parasitism occurs when one organism gets helped, but another organism is harmed.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Eaten by other animals.
a)
prey
b)
predator
18.
What are all living things in an enviornment?
a)
biotic factors
b)
ecology
c)
abiotic factors
d)
biome
19.
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
20.
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
21.
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected.
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
mutulaism
22.
Populations of cacti, together with sand and rocks, are included in a desert _____.
a)
ecosystem
b)
community
23.
A type of consumer that eats only animals.
a)
carnivore
b)
consumer
c)
producer
d)
decomposer
24.
An herbivore is a type of consumer that eats only plants.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
An omnivore is a type of consumer that eats plants and animals.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
A _____ is the path of energy transfer from producers to consumers.
a)
food chain
b)
hawk
c)
food web
d)
energy transfer
27.
Primary consumers are consumed by _____.
a)
secondary consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
tertiary consumers
d)
primary consumers
28.
Decomposers recycle matter back to the soil.
a)
true
b)
false
29.
All food chains start with ______.
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
30.
Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores are three types of _____.
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
producers
31.
An animal can be both predator and prey.
a)
true
b)
false
32.
An _____ is a community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving enviornment.
a)
ecosystem
b)
species
c)
community
d)
population
33.
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area is known as a ____.
a)
population
b)
ecosystem
c)
species
d)
community
34.
A _____ is all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with one another.
a)
community
b)
population
c)
species
d)
ecosystem
35.
In a desert ecosystem, the sand is a(n) _____ factor.
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
36.
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area is known as a ______.
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
species
37.
A _____ is a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce offspring.
a)
species
b)
ecosystem
c)
community
d)
population
38.
________ occurs when organisms fight for the same limited resources.
a)
competition
b)
sharing
c)
harmony
d)
extinction
39.
Biotic factors include all living things in an enviornment.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Eats other animals.
a)
predator
b)
prey
41.
An organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms.
a)
decomposer
b)
producer
c)
carnivore
d)
consumer
42.
Also called an autotroph, this uses energy from the sun to make food.
a)
producer
b)
decomposer
c)
carnivore
d)
consumer
43.
True or False: More than two species can occupy the same niche at the same time
a)
False
b)
True
44.
What is the study of interactions among all populations in a common environment
a)
Ecology
b)
Environmentalism
c)
Science Studies
d)
Communology
45.
True or False: A community is all the organisms that live together in a place and interact together
a)
True
b)
False
46.
True or False: a community is the same species located at the same place at the same time
a)
False
b)
True
47.
All water on the Earth including in the air, oceans, rivers, streams and underground is found in the
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Lithosphere
48.
The envelope of air that surrounds the Earth.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
49.
Burning of fossil fuels increases the amount of carbon in the
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
50.
After the Industrial Revolution, the amount of ____________ in the atmosphere increased.
a)
Carbon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Hydrogen
51.
Part of the Earth in which all living organisms are found
a)
Biosphere
b)
Hydrospere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Lithosphere
52.
Approximately 90% of the total energy produced at each trophic level is not available to the next level causing the amount of energy passed up to be reduced is known as
a)
10% rule
b)
scavenger
c)
Carrageenan
d)
Herbivore
53.
An image with several overlapping food chains that represents a community of organisms
a)
Food Web
b)
Scavenger
c)
Heterotroph
d)
Food Chain
54.
The process plants and other organisms use to create energy form the sun
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
aquatic ecosystem
c)
marine ecosystem
d)
Autotroph
55.
organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter
a)
decomposer
b)
herbivore
c)
food chain
d)
predator
56.
organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer
a)
heterotroph
b)
omnivore
c)
Autotroph
d)
host
57.
organism that can make its own food
a)
Autotroph
b)
energy
c)
terrestrial ecosystem
d)
heterotroph
58.
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
a)
consumer
b)
biomass
c)
predator
d)
herbivore
59.
an organism that makes its own food
a)
producer
b)
parasite
c)
predator
d)
host
60.
A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
a)
food chain
b)
herbivore
c)
parasite
d)
decomposer
61.
What type of community interaction? Goby fish live on other sea animals, changing color to blend in with the host, thus gaining protection from predators.
a)
Commensalism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Predator-prey
62.
Organisms that must eat other organisms for energy
a)
Heterotroph (consumer)
b)
Competition
c)
Population growth rate
d)
Commensalism
63.
Community diagram that details several interrelated food chains
a)
Food Web
b)
Limiting factor
c)
Heterotroph (consumer)
d)
Parasite
64.
Organism that feeds on (mechanical breakdown by chewing) plant and animal remains and other dead matter
a)
Detritivore
b)
Density-independent limiting factor
c)
Predator
d)
Trophic level
65.
Full range of physical and biological conditions in which an organism lives and the way in which the organism uses those conditions
a)
Niche
b)
Immigration
c)
Abiotic
d)
Population
66.
An organism that is hunted, killed, and eaten by another organism
a)
Prey
b)
Habitat
c)
Immigration
d)
Parasitism
67.
Display of complex feeding relationships between organisms.
a)
Food web
b)
niche
c)
artificial selection
d)
evolution
68.
Process where new species are created.
a)
Speciation
b)
commensalism
c)
Extinction
d)
Omnivore
69.
aka autotroph. Makes their own energy source in the form of carbohydrates .
a)
Producer
b)
primary succession
c)
Omnivore
d)
Consumer
70.
Hunting, feeding on individuals of another species.
a)
Predation
b)
Genetic Drift
c)
invasive species
d)
commensalism
71.
Change in the DNA sequence.
a)
Mutation
b)
resource partitioning
c)
Decomposer
d)
secondary succession
72.
Biological evolution that occurs by chance.
a)
Genetic Drift
b)
primary succession
c)
parasitism
d)
cellular respiration
73.
Combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population.
a)
Gene pool
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Genetic Drift
d)
Consumer
74.
A sequence of DNA that codes for a particular trait.
a)
Gene
b)
artificial selection
c)
Consumer
d)
Extinction
75.
Dissapearance of a species form Earth.
a)
Extinction
b)
invasive species
c)
primary succession
d)
Decomposer
76.
organism that breaks down nonliving matter into simple parts that can be used by primary producers.
a)
Decomposer
b)
Food web
c)
commensalism
d)
Predation
77.
building of a community when bare rock, sand or sediment is exposed for the first time
a)
primary succession
b)
artificial selection
c)
Gene
d)
Genetic Drift
78.
building of an ecological community after a disturbance has altered the community, but not destroyed all living things or organic matter in the soil
a)
secondary succession
b)
keystone species
c)
cellular respiration
d)
niche
79.
non-native organism that spreads widely in a community
a)
invasive species
b)
resource partitioning
c)
Genetic Drift
d)
Food Web
80.
species with a strong reaching impact on a community
a)
keystone species
b)
Genetic Drift
c)
Gene
d)
evolution
81.
process where organisms use oxygen to release the chemical energy in sugars
a)
cellular respiration
b)
Genetic Drift
c)
primary producer
d)
Predation
82.
1 benefits, one is unaffected (+, 0)
a)
commensalism
b)
parasitism
c)
evolution
d)
Producer
83.
2 or more species benefit (+, +)
a)
mutualism
b)
evolution
c)
Consumer
d)
invasive species
84.
relationship in which one of the participants benefits and the other is harmed (+,-)
a)
parasitism
b)
secondary succession
c)
Producer
d)
primary succession
85.
2 species evolve in response to changes to each other
a)
coevolution
b)
invasive species
c)
Genetic Drift
d)
primary succession
86.
process of selection conducted under human direction
a)
artificial selection
b)
Gene
c)
primary producer
d)
Genetic Drift
87.
total mass of living tissue
a)
biomass
b)
mutualism
c)
Decomposer
d)
Food web
88.
organism that uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis to make energy available for the rest of the community.
a)
primary producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Gene
d)
invasive species
89.
Biological evolution that occurs by chance
a)
Genetic Drift
b)
keystone species
c)
Decomposer
d)
Extinction
100 %
