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Ecology Quiz 1 Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abiotic means

a)

living

b)

nonliving

2.
Biotic means
a)
living
b)
nonliving
3.

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

a)

Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

b)

Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.

4.

What is a example of a abiotic factor?

a)

Panda

b)

Bacteria

c)

Butterfly

d)

Weather

5.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
6.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water,  and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees 
7.
This picture is a good example of
a)
Growth
b)
Development
c)
Organelle
d)
Cell
8.
Which one of these is NOT one of the characteristics of living things?
a)
All living things drink water.
b)
All living things are composed of one or more cells.
c)
All living things grow develop and have life spans.
d)
All living things reproduce.
9.

Identify all of the following that are living.

a)

Volcano

b)

Tree

c)

Sun

d)

Fungus

10.
All living organisms are made up of ____.
a)
Cells
b)
Bacteria
c)
Organs
d)
Tissue
11.
This stores our genetic information:
a)
DNA
b)
lipids
c)
ATP
d)
flash drives
12.

What does this picture represent?

a)

All living things are made of cells.

b)

All living things grow.

c)

All living things reproduce.

d)

All living things need energy.

13.

What does this picture represent?

a)

All living things are made of cells.

b)

All living things reproduce.

c)

All living things are made of DNA.

d)

All living things need energy.

14.

What does this picture represent?

a)

All living things grow.

b)

All living things respond to stimuli.

c)

All living things reproduce.

d)

All living things are made of DNA.

15.
Dropping leaves in the fall is a characteristic of what type of tree?
a)
deciduous
b)
evergreen
c)
conifer
d)
bonsai
16.

Biome with many different species of cacti and reptiles and very little rainfall.

a)

Desert

b)

Temperate Rainforest

c)

Tropical Rainforest

d)

Arctic Tundra

17.
Type of forest biome near the equator; receives a lot of rain; temperatures are warm all year.
a)
desert
b)
tropical rain forest
c)
arctic
d)
temperate rain forest
18.

Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil?

a)

tropical rain forest

b)

desert

c)

deciduous forest

d)

grassland

19.
The earth's coldest biome is the....
a)
Antartica
b)
Grasslands
c)
Tundra
d)
Freshwater
20.
The climate in a tropical rain forest can be described as
a)
cold and wet 
b)
warm and dry 
c)
cold and dry 
d)
warm and wet 
21.

What biome is this

a)

tundra

b)

deciduous forest

c)

desert

d)

grassland

22.

One of a species.

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

e)

Biome

23.

Made up of a community AND the abiotic environment. All the living and nonliving things in the same area.

a)

Biosphere

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

e)

Biome

24.

What part of the environment is this group of seagulls?

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

e)

Biome

25.

What part of the environment are these plants, different types of fish, jellyfish, and water?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

e)

Biome

26.

large geographic areas that can be found on separate continents; they share common plant, animal and climate.

a)

biome

b)

ecosystem

27.

Frogs, fish, water striders, and reeds all live in the same pond and interact with one another. They are part of the same ___________.

a)

community

b)

niche

c)

habitat

d)

population

28.

Made up of a community AND the abiotic environment. All the living and nonliving things in the same area.

a)

Biosphere

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

e)

Biome

29.

Example of a consumer

a)

flower

b)

tree

c)

algae

d)

hawk

30.
Example of a decomposer
a)
fungus
b)
mouse
c)
plants
d)
frogs
31.
A tree is a ....
a)
composer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
32.

Where does all energy in food web originate from?

a)

Earth's Core

b)

Water

c)

Plants

d)

The Sun

33.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)
They point to the organism that is being eaten.
b)
It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
c)
They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
34.

Organisms that make their own food, often through photosynthesis.

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumers

c)

Secondary Consumers

d)

Tertiary Consumers

35.

Organisms that must eat to gain energy, and eat producers.

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumers

c)

Secondary Consumers

d)

Tertiary Consumers

36.

Organisms that must eat to gain energy, and eat primary consumers.

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumers

c)

Secondary Consumers

d)

Tertiary Consumers

37.

Organisms that must eat to gain energy, and eat secondary consumers.

a)

Producers

b)

Primary Consumers

c)

Secondary Consumers

d)

Tertiary Consumers

38.

In this food web, the berries would be a _________.

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumer

39.

In this food web, the mouse would be a _________.

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumer

40.

What is a Carnivore?

a)

Animal that eats only plants

b)

Animal that eats only meat

c)

Animal that eats both plants and meat

41.

What is an Omnivore?

a)

Animal that eats only plants

b)

Animal that eats both plants and meat

c)

Animal that eats only meat

42.

What is a Herbivore?

a)

Animal that eats only plants

b)

Animal that eats both plants and meat

c)

Animal that eats only meat