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Ecology Unit Test Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an example of a community?

a)

One fish

b)

Many fish of the same species living in the same area

c)

Crabs, sharks, and different species of fish in the same area

d)

All the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem

2.

What is an example of a population?

a)

One lion

b)

A group of lions living in the same area

c)

Lions, gazelles, and elephants

d)

A savannah

3.

A living thing

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

4.

A group of flamingos would be . . .

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

5.

What are the abiotic factors in this image?

a)

water, sunlight, dirt

b)

birds, plants, predators

c)

water, plants, parasites

d)

oxygen, water, grasses

6.

One biotic factor in the ocean would be

a)

Dissolved oxygen

b)

Sunlight

c)

Wind

d)

a Shark

7.

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

a)

omnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

d)

producer

8.

A consumer that eats only animals.

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

producer

9.

A consumer that eats only plants

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

producer

10.

An organism that makes it's own food

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

consumer

d)

producer

11.

Several linked food chains

a)

ecosystem

b)

consumer

c)

food web

d)

Tundra

12.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor in a marine ecosystem? 

a)

grass

b)

whale

c)

water

d)

plankton

13.

What is the source of all energy? 

a)

producers

b)

sun

c)

consumers

d)

decomposers

14.

What symbiotic relationship does this represent?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Competition

15.

What type of symbiotic relationship is shown?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

d)

Competition

16.

What type of symbiotic relationship is shown?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Competition

d)

Parasitism

17.

Which of the following most likely would happen if the bird population declined?

a)

The rabbit population would decrease.

b)

The snake population would decrease.

c)

The grasshopper population would decrease.

d)

The mouse population would decrease.

18.

What is a decomposer?

a)

An organism that eats meat.

b)

An organism that eats plants.

c)

An organism that eats dead things.

d)

An organism that makes its own food.

19.

What are all the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with one another called?

a)

population

b)

community

c)

ecosystem

d)

habitat

20.

What do you call it when one species benefits AND the other species benefits?

a)

predation

b)

parasitism

c)

commensalism

d)

mutualism

21.

What do you call it when two or more species are competing for the same resources?

a)

Competition

b)

Predation

c)

Commensalism

d)

Mutualism

22.

What do you call it when one species benefits and the other species is not really affected in any way?

a)

Predation

b)

Parasitism

c)

Commensalism

d)

Mutualism

23.

When all the resources needed are available the population number...

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays the same

24.

Carrying capacity is...

a)

The lowest number of organisms in an ecosystem.

b)

The total number of organisms in an ecosystem.

c)

The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem and its resources can support.

d)

The number of living organisms in an ecosystem.

25.

During which day did this population reach carrying capacity?

a)

Day 2

b)

Day 11

c)

Day 23

d)

Day 35

26.

When resources are not available a population will _____________ in size.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

c)

Stay the same

27.

Limiting factors can be biotic or abiotic.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Unsure

28.

What is the carrying capacity of the beetle population?

a)

3 million

b)

5 million

c)

7 million

d)

9 million

29.

What is an example of an abiotic factor in a desert ecosystem?

a)

Lizard

b)

Sand

c)

Cactus

d)

Scorpion

30.

Which of the following is a primary producer in a forest ecosystem?

a)

Wolf

b)

Deer

c)

Oak tree

d)

Mushroom