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Life Science

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

All the living organisms that live in an area together with the nonliving factors of the environment is called an...

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

population

d)

habitat

2.

What are the two factors that are present in every ecosystem?

a)

carbon dioxide and oxygen

b)

energy and matter

c)

plants and other organisms

d)

cells and tissues

3.

What is the climate of an area largely determined by?

a)

it's location on Earth

b)

biosphere

c)

plant and animal life

d)

seasonal changes

4.

Where do biomes exist?

a)

on land

b)

in the sky

c)

in the ocean

d)

none of the above

5.

Trees that drop all their leaves each year are called

a)

coniferous trees

b)

rainforest trees

c)

canopy trees

d)

deciduous trees

6.

What is a savanna?

a)

grassland with no trees

b)

very little grassland with lots of trees

c)

grassland with few scattered trees

d)

grassland by water

7.

These animals are found in the freshwater ecosystem

a)

frogs

b)

trout

c)

jellyfish

d)

dragonfly

8.

These organisms are part of the saltwater ecosystem

a)

minnow

b)

coral reef

c)

plankton

d)

lobsters

9.

How many different levels are in the classification hierarchy?

a)

8

b)

5

c)

10

d)

7

10.

Animals are divided into two large groups

a)

reptiles and amphibians

b)

mammals and reptiles

c)

invertebrates and vertebrates

d)

mammals and amphibians

11.

These organisms are considered to be autotrophs

a)

plants

b)

algae

c)

horse

d)

euglena

12.

Arthropods are animals with distinct body sections. These sections are...

a)

wings

b)

jointed legs

c)

outer skelton

d)

hard body covering

13.

Nonvascular plants do not have

a)

true roots, stems or leaves

b)

leaves or a stem

c)

color

d)

oxygen

14.

What are taxonomic trees used for

a)

shelter

b)

to show the relationships among leaves

c)

to show the evolutionary relationships among organisms

d)

nothing, they do not serve a purpose

15.

What is the special key called that helps you identify organisms by presenting you with a series of choices?

a)

dichotomous key

b)

classification key

c)

golden key

d)

organism key

16.

The following are examples of limiting factors

a)

food

b)

water

c)

shelter

d)

light

17.

What is the close relationship between two species called?

a)

commensalism

b)

mutualism

c)

parasitism

d)

symbiosis

18.

What is a niche?

a)

is a type of feeding relationship

b)

the special role an organism plays within it's habitat

c)

a close relationship between two species

d)

occurs when one organism feeds on the cells of another organism

19.

Consumers are classified into what groups

a)

herbivores

b)

decomposers

c)

omnivores

d)

carnivores

20.

Traces the path of energy as it moves from one organism to the next in an ecosystem

a)

tertiary consumer

b)

food web

c)

food chain

d)

energy