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Ecology

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When one organism eats another organism, it shows the ecological relationship called (a)   .

2.

When two organisms fight for the same resource, it shows the ecological relationship called (a)   .

3.

When one organism benefits while the other organism is neither helped or hurt.

a)

Parasitism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Predation

d)

Mutualism

4.

When both organisms benefits.

a)

Competition

b)

Commensalism

c)

Predation

d)

Mutualism

5.

When one organism benefits while the other organism is hurt.

a)

Competition

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Predation

6.

What is the relationship shown?

a)

Predation

b)

Commensalism

c)

Competition

d)

Mutualism

7.

What is the relationship shown?

a)

Predation

b)

Commensalism

c)

Competition

d)

Mutualism

8.

What is the relationship shown?

a)

Predation

b)

Commensalism

c)

Competition

d)

Parasitism

9.

What is the relationship shown?

a)

Predation

b)

Commensalism

c)

Competition

d)

Mutualism

10.

What is the relationship shown?

a)

Commensalism

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Mutualism

11.

Areas that include all the interconnected biotic and abiotic components.

(a)  

12.

It is an interaction between individual organisms and their environments

a)

Animal Kingdom

b)

Forest

c)

Ecology

d)

Population

13.

Adapting or changing in order to ensure survival.

(a)  

14.

T or F: A niche is the place where an organism lives its life

a)

True

b)

False

15.

T or F: A habitat is the role a species plays in a community

a)

True

b)

False

16.

T or F: If there is a change in one of the populations in a community, there will likely be a change in other populations

a)

True

b)

False

17.

T or F: A population is defined as a group of organisms of two species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time

a)

True

b)

False

18.

It is an interactive area and does not include a non-living factor

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Habitat

d)

Ecosystem

19.

What are the 3 levels of organization in an ecosystem from smallest to largest?

a)

Organism, Population, Community

b)

Population, Organism, Community

c)

Organism, Community, Population

d)

Organism, Community, Population, Ecosystem

20.

Living, or once-living, organisms in an ecosystem are....

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

21.

Non-living elements within an ecosystem are....

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

22.

If there are 100 KJ of energy available at the secondary consumer level, how many KJ of energy are available at the producer level?

a)

10 KJ

b)

1,000 KJ

c)

10,000 KJ

d)

1 KJ

23.
Identify an a example of an Abiotic Factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
Sunlight
24.
Worms, plankton and frogs are all Biotic Factors.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
This is the part of the Earth that supports life
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Geosphere
26.
Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of a living thing:
a)
All living things grow and develop over the course of their lives
b)
Every living thing is made of cells
c)
Living things react to stimuli in their surroundings
d)
Living things make their own energy without outside factors
27.

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

a)

Mutualist

b)

Producer

c)

Autotroph

d)

Consumer

28.

Consumer that eats plants:

a)

Herbivore

b)

Producer

c)

Omnivore

d)

Decomposer

29.

_____ is when two species live closely together.

a)

Symbiosis

b)

Resource

c)

Succession

d)

Mutualism

30.

The eagle in this food web would be considered a:

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumer