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Ecology Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment is:

a)

economy

b)

modeling

c)

recycling

d)

Ecology

2.

What is the ultimate source of energy for almost every organism in every ecosystem?

a)

Sunlight

b)

consumers

3.

The green plant at the beginning of the food chain in the picture above is the:

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

heterotroph

4.

How many trophic levels are represented in the picture of the food web above?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

5.

The secondary consumer in an ecosystem is usually a

a)

primary consumer/herbivore

b)

secondary consumer/herbivore

c)

primary consumer/autotroph

d)

predator/carnivore

6.

All the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a food:

a)

network

b)

web

c)

chain

7.

Arrows in a food web should show energy going from the

a)

eaten to the eater

b)

eater to the eaten

c)

predator to the prey

d)

any way is ok

8.
Abiotic factors in the environment are all __________. 
a)
living
b)
nonliving
9.
A group of populations that interact in an area is __________
a)
ecosystem
b)
community
c)
biome
d)
population
10.
Lions, birds, snakes and trees are all __________.
a)
abiotic factors
b)
biotic factors
c)
part of a niche
d)
in the same food chain
11.
Grass --> Grasshopper --> Mockingbird represents __________. 
a)
food chain
b)
food pyramid
c)
food web
d)
ecosystem
12.
Energy in an ecosystem is used for growth or lost as __________
a)
light
b)
heat
c)
death
d)
biomass
13.
Algae, grasses and trees are all __________. 
a)
decomposers
b)
consumers
c)
autotrophs/producers
d)
pyramids
14.
The portion of Earth that supports life is the __________
a)
individual
b)
community
c)
biosphere
d)
environment
15.
An animal that eats plants and meat is a(n) __________.
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
16.
Which level has the least amount of energy?
a)
producer
b)
decomposer
c)
primary consumer
d)
secondary consumer
17.
The ecosystem is comprised of both ____ and _____factors.
a)
rain and shine
b)
biotic and abiotic
c)
earth and environment
18.

What is made up of all the gazelles in an area?

a)

Habitat

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

19.

A common food web in a grassland would be grass > mice > snake > hawk. If there were an increase of mice in the ecosystem, what would be directly affected? (hint. Multiple answers)

a)

snake

b)

hawk

c)

mice

d)

grass

20.
According to the food web, which of the following organisms can be classified into more than one trophic level? 
a)
grasshopper
b)
owl
c)
rabbit
d)
frog
21.
What's missing from the food web?
a)
decomposers
b)
producers
c)
consumers
d)
autotrophs