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Quarter 2 Finals- Ecology Food chains/webs

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As nutritional energy passes through the food chain, energy...

a)

is lost

b)

is gained

c)

remains the same

d)

all of the above

2.

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

a)

ecosystem

b)

habitat

c)

protein

3.

The number of organisms of the same species that live in a particular geographic area at the same time.

a)

population

b)

community

4.
Nonliving things
a)
Abiotic
b)
Biotic
c)
biotin
d)
biomass population
5.
Living things
a)
Abiotic
b)
Biomass
c)
Biotin
d)
Biotic
6.
A top predator
a)
all of the below
b)
has nothing that preys on it
c)
is a meat eater
7.
A cow that eats plants is an example of a
a)
omnivore
b)
carnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
all of the above
8.
Producers
a)
make their own food
b)
are at the base (bottom) of the food chain
c)
all of the above
9.
A food web is best described as a diagram of
a)
feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
b)
Calories available to primary consumers.
c)
nutrients present in certain foods.
10.

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

a)

food chain

b)

food pyramid

c)

Food Web

d)

all of the above

11.

The sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism.

a)

food web

b)

food pyramid

c)

chain-linked process

d)

Food chain

12.
What do carnivores eat?
a)
herbivores
b)
other consumers
c)
all of the above
13.
omnivores
a)
organisms that eat both plants and animals as primary food sources
b)
small organisms that consume producers on or near the surface of a body of water
c)
organisms that consume dead plants and animals and other organic waste
d)
all organisms that produce organic compounds from energy and simple inorganic molecules
14.

An expert in or student of ecology.

a)

Biologist

b)

Ecologist

c)

Microbiologist

d)

Cell biology

15.

An ecosystem consists of

a)

community of organisms

b)

energy

c)

soil, water, weather

d)

all of the above

16.

Primary producers in a grassland ecosystem would likely be?

a)

bacteria

b)

grasses

c)

insects

d)

algae

17.

 Golden jackals that are no longer in a pack will follow tigers in order to feed on the remains of their kills. Which type of symbiotic relationship is there between golden Jackals and tigers?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism

18.

Which type of symbiotic relationship is represented by cats and fleas?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Mutualism

c)

Commensalism