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Ecology Unit

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Water availability impacts plant growth and animals who depend on plants for food are interactions between the

a)

Geosphere and Hydrosphere

b)

Cryosphere and atmosphere

c)

Biosphere and geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere and biosphere

2.
Hydro = 
a)
Earth
b)
Sphere
c)
Life
d)
Water
3.
Geo = 
a)
Earth
b)
Sphere
c)
Life
d)
Water
4.

Atmo=

a)

Water

b)

Earth

c)

Life

d)

Gases

5.
This sphere is composed of all the living things 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
6.
The hydrosphere is predominately made of
a)
liquid water
b)
frozen water
c)
solid rock
d)
gaseous air
7.

Which of the following is found in the earths Geosphere

a)

Soil

b)

Rocks

c)

Minerals

d)

All of the Above

8.

Water availability impacts plant growth and animals who depend on plants for food are interactions between the

a)

Geosphere and Hydrosphere

b)

Cryosphere and atmosphere

c)

Biosphere and geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere and biosphere

9.

Sometimes fires burn large areas of forests, which are part of the biosphere. Other than the biosphere, which of Earth’s other spheres is a forest fire most likely to affect?

a)

atmosphere

b)

cryosphere

c)

geosphere

d)

hydrosphere

10.

A volcano erupts adding carbon dioxide to the air are interactions between the

a)

atmosphere and biosphere

b)

geosphere and atmosphere

c)

geosphere and hydrosphere

d)

biosphere and atmosphere

11.

Which sphere is composed of all the liquid water on or near the earth?

a)

Cryosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Geosphere

12.

The remains of dead plants and animals can get buried under soil to form coal and oil over long periods of time are interactions between the

a)

Hydrosphere and cryosphere

b)

Biosphere and atmosphere

c)

Geosphere and hydrosphere

d)

Geosphere and biosphere

13.

When plants and animals decompose they release nitrogen, the nitrogen then returns to the soil and helps future plants grow. This interaction between the decomposing plants/animals and the soil is between which of Earth spheres?

a)

Geosphere and biosphere

b)

Biosphere and hydrosphere

c)

Amosphere and geosphere

d)

Hydrosphere and biosphere

14.

Air temperature impacts the evaporation of lakes and streams are interactions between the...

a)

Atmosphere and hydrosphere

b)

Hydrosphere and biosphere

c)

Biosphere and atmosphere

d)

Cryosphere and geosphere

15.

Animals breathe in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen are interactions between the

a)

Cryosphere and biosphere

b)

Biosphere and atmosphere

c)

Atmosphere and hydrosphere

d)

Biosphere and hydrosphere

16.

Flooding moves soil and rock to new places are interactions between the

a)

Biosphere and geosphere

b)

Hydrosphere and biosphere

c)

Geosphere and hydrosphere

d)

Hydrosphere and atmosphere

17.
Which of the following is an organism that eats only meat?
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
18.
Which of the following terms describes an area where an organism lives?
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
area
19.
Which is represented by all of the bullfrogs living around a pond?
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
20.
Which is an example of a parasitic relationship?
a)
a bee pollinates a flower
b)
a tapeworm takes nutrients from a dog
c)
an orchid lives in a tree but does not harm the tree
21.
In which type of relationship do both species benefit?
a)
parasitism
b)
mutualism
c)
commensalism
22.
Barnacles grow on whales.  Whales give the barnacles a place to live but the barnacles do not help or harm the whale.  Which type of relationship is this?
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
parasitiesm
23.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
24.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
25.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
26.
Where an organism lives
a)
habitat
b)
niche 
c)
heterotrogh
d)
biosphere
27.
An illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.
a)
Food chain
b)
Food web
c)
Energy Pyramid
d)
Succession Map
28.
The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.
a)
Abiotic factors
b)
Biotic factors
29.
A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Habitat
d)
Ecosystem
30.
 plants that convert energy from the sun
a)
decomposer
b)
primary consumer
c)
secondary consumer
d)
producer
31.
Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area
a)
Biome
b)
Ecosystem
c)
Community
d)
Niche
32.

What happens when different species try to occupy the same niche?

a)

The species compete with each other

b)

The species cooperate with each other

c)

The species coexist with each other

d)

All of the above

33.

What is a niche?

a)

The habitat that an organism lives in

b)

An organism’s “role” in an ecosystem

c)

A type of consumer

d)

The relationship between a producer and consumer

34.

The first organism in a food chain is ALWAYS a:

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

Any of the above

35.
All living things get their energy from which of the following sources?
a)
food
b)
water
c)
sun
36.
Which of the following is another word for a plant?
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
consumer
37.
Which of the following terms describes an area where an organism lives?
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
area
38.
What would most likely happen if the rabbit population was removed from the food chain grass —› rabbit —› fox?
a)
their would be more grass
b)
there would be less rabbits
c)
there would be more fox
39.
An oxpecker bird eats ticks off of a zebra.  The bird gets food from eating the ticks and the zebra has harmful parasites removed.  Which type of symbiosis is this?
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
40.

Ecology is the study of:

a)

only the living things in the environment

b)

only the nonliving things in the environment

c)

how living things interact with each other and the nonliving things in the environment

d)

scientists who perform research on living things

41.

What is a species?

a)

Different animals that compete for the same resources

b)

A group of similar organisms that can reproduce with each other

c)

A group of organisms that live together

d)

A group of organisms that are physically and functionally very different from each other

42.

Which of the following is an example of a living thing?

a)

A bacterium

b)

A shell

c)

Water

d)

Sweat

43.

Which of the following is NOT a nonliving thing? (which one is living?)

a)

Sun

b)

Rocks

c)

Milk

d)

Wood

44.

What type of organism can make its own food?

a)

A producer (an autotroph)

b)

A consumer (a heterotroph)

c)

A decomposer

d)

All of the above

45.

Organisms that can make their own food do so by the process of:

a)

decomposition

b)

respiration

c)

photosynthesis

d)

scavenging

46.

What type of consumer eats plants?

a)

Herbivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Both herbivore and omnivore

47.

What is a food chain?

a)

A representation of an organism’s life cycle

b)

A way to show the feeding relationships between organisms

c)

The sequence of events that occurs during photosynthesis

d)

A way to show how animals interact with nonliving parts of the environment

48.

How much energy is transferred between trophic levels?

a)

25%

b)

20%

c)

10%

d)

90%

49.

The difference between weather and climate is that climate is:

a)

The average, year-to-year conditions

b)

The day-to-day conditions

c)

Described in terms of months at a time

d)

B and C are both correct

50.

In this photo, what is an abiotic factor?

a)

Deer

b)

Grass

c)

rain

51.

What is this picture describing?

a)

It is describing natural selection.

b)

It is describing direct competition between flamingos and ducks.

c)

It is describing abiotic factors of the tundra.

d)

It is describing the niche of each bird.

52.

What Biome is covered in permafrost (frozen subsoils)?

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Desert

c)

Tundra

d)

Tropical Savanna

53.

What Biome is also known as the grasslands?

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Desert

c)

Tundra

d)

Tropical Savanna

54.

What Biome is covered in a dense canopy and an understory?

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Desert

c)

Tundra

d)

Tropical Savanna

55.

How does competition affect the fundamental niche of a species?

a)

Competition can expand the resources available to a species, thereby increasing its fundamental niche.

b)

Competition only affects the realized niche of a species, not the fundamental niche.

c)

Competition can limit the resources available to a species, thereby reducing its fundamental niche.

d)

Competition has no effect on the fundamental niche of a species.

56.

What factors can limit a species' fundamental niche?

a)

Climate change, pollution, and symbiosis

b)

Geographic isolation, genetic mutation, and cooperation

c)

Competition, predation, and abiotic factors

d)

Habitat destruction, overpopulation, and disease

57.

(a)   the actual roles an organism fills in its ecosystem.

58.

(a)   Niche are all the possible habitats and roles and organism could fill in it's ecosystem

59.

  1. Which level of an energy pyramid is most likely to have the highest number of organisms?

 

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

60.

  1. Which is NOT true about food webs?

a)

  1. Food webs show the transfer of energy among organisms

b)

  1. Food webs are more accurate than food chains

c)

  1. Food webs are simpler than food chains

d)

  1. Food webs contain decomposers and scavengers throughout

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