WorksheetsEcology
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which type of succession occurs in an area previously occupied by living things that are disturbed and then recolonized?
a)
Quaternary succession
b)
Primary succession
c)
Secondary succession
d)
Tertiary succession
2.
What are the non-living features of the environment called?
a)
Biotic factors
b)
Living factors
c)
Organic factors
d)
Abiotic factors
3.
What is the mixture of rocks, minerals, air, water, and organic matter that provides an environment for living organisms called?
a)
Sediment
b)
Mud
c)
Compost
d)
Soil
4.
What is the top layer of soil, rich in organic material needed by plants, called?
a)
Bedrock
b)
Topsoil
c)
Parent material
d)
Subsoil
5.
What is the largest particle making up the soil?
a)
Clay
b)
Sand
c)
Silt
d)
Gravel
6.
What is the process by which one community of organisms slowly replaces another, leading to a more complex and stable ecosystem?
a)
Ecological succession
b)
Adaptation
c)
Evolution
d)
Natural selection
7.
Which of the following is NOT a component of soil?
a)
Organic matter
b)
Air
c)
Water
d)
Plastic
8.
Which of the following is NOT a biome?
a)
Desert
b)
Rainforest
c)
Tundra
d)
Meadow
9.
What are living and once-living features of the environment called?
a)
Inorganic factors
b)
Non-living factors
c)
Abiotic factors
d)
Biotic factors
10.
Which of the following is NOT a living or once-living feature of the environment?
a)
Animals
b)
Rocks
c)
Bacteria
d)
Plants
11.
What is the general weather of an area over a long period of time called?
a)
Climate
b)
Temperature
c)
Weather
d)
Seasons
12.
How are GMO's created?
a)
when scientists force protiens into the genes of a related plant or animal
b)
when scientists take the DNA of one species extract it and force it into the genes of an unrelated plant or animal
c)
when scientists plant two different seeds in the same field to get the genes of an unrelated plant to change
d)
when scientists take DNA of one species and break the molecules to allow the plant to heal its self
13.
A GMO product which has more vitamin A in it than regular crops
a)
Golden Corn
b)
Casein Wheat
c)
Golden Rice
d)
Whey Protein
14.
What are the first organisms to live in an area during ecological succession called?
a)
Indicator species
b)
Keystone species
c)
Pioneer species
d)
Invasive species
15.
Which type of succession occurs when newly exposed or newly formed rock is colonized by living things for the first time?
a)
Quaternary succession
b)
Primary succession
c)
Tertiary succession
d)
Secondary succession
16.
What is the role of soil in relation to underground water?
a)
Filtering it
b)
Heating it
c)
Polluting it
d)
Drying it
17.
What determines the plants that live in a biome?
a)
Soil type
b)
Geography
c)
Climate
d)
Fauna
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