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Biodiversity Pulse Check

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the simplest level of organization within the environment?

a)

Cell

b)

Organism

c)

Population

d)

Community

2.

Which term refers to the job an orgnism plays within its environment?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Ecology

c)

Niche

d)

Habitat

3.

Which term refers to the place where an organism obtains the resources it needs to survive?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Habitat

c)

NIche

d)

Ecology

4.

Which of the following is an example of a community?

a)

All the tiger sharks in the ocean

b)

A single sea turtle

c)

All the organisms in an area interacting with the nonliving part of the environment

d)

All organisms in an area

5.

What is the correct order of ecological organization from the smallest to the largest?

a)

Organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere

b)

Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism

c)

Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

d)

Population, organism, biosphere, community, ecosystem

6.

Biodiversity refers to the which of the following?

a)

The same species in general area

b)

The number of different species in a given area

c)

The number animal species in a given area

d)

The number of plant species in a given area

7.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of biodiversity

a)

Genetic

b)

Species

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biotic

8.

What is a limiting factor?

a)

Factors that always increase a population

b)

Factors that always decrease a population

c)

Resources that are unlimited

d)

Factors that limit how many organisms can live in a area at the same time

9.

What does the carrying capacity of a population represent?

a)

How many organisms live in an ecosystem

b)

The maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can support for a long period of time

c)

The minimum number of organisms that can live in a area

d)

The different types of organisms that live within an ecosystem

10.

What is the overall trend of the bald eagles produced in New Jersey?

a)

Increasing

b)

Decreasing

c)

Constant

d)

No trend