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Biology Exam: Ecosystem Interactions

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was one of the reasons early humans studied plants?

a)

To use them for decoration

b)

To recognize poisonous plants

c)

To make clothing

d)

To build houses

2.

What did Maria Sibylla Merian focus on instead of preserved specimens?

a)

Fossils

b)

Living insects

c)

Rocks

d)

Marine life

3.

What did the invention of microscopes lead to the discovery of?

a)

Planets and stars

b)

Bacteria, cells, and antibiotics

c)

Electricity and magnetism

d)

Dinosaurs and fossils

4.

Which of the following characteristics do all plants share?

a)

They are all prokaryotes.

b)

They are all single-celled.

c)

They all produce flowers.

d)

They are all autotrophs.

5.

Without plants we would have no animals.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the primary source of energy in an ecosystem?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Sun

7.

Herbivores are referred to as ________ consumer.

a)

Secondary 

b)

Primary

c)

Tertiary

8.

A carnivore is referred to as a ________ consumer.

a)

Producer

b)

Primary

c)

Secondary

9.

Organisms only hold on to (a)   percent of the energy they ingest.

Choose from the below words
100
10
25
55
10.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
11.
How would the biodiversity of this ecosystem be affected if the lantern fish disappeared?
a)
The ocean sunfish population would increase.
b)
The large shark population would die out.
c)
The squid would die out.
d)
There would be no change.
12.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
13.

_____: the variety of life in the world, or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

a)

Biodiversity

b)

Carrying Capacity

c)

Limiting Factor

14.

(a)   : The largest number of individuals that an environment can support.

Choose from the below words
Carrying Capacity
Biodiversity
Limiting Factors
15.

______: Nonliving things in an ecosystem (air, soil, water, sunlight)

a)

Abiotic Factors

b)

Biotic Factors

16.

(a)   : Living factors in an ecosystem include plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, etc.

Choose from the below words
Biotic Factors
Abiotic Factors
17.

Which of the following is a BIOTIC factor in an ecosystem?

a)

Trees

b)

Air

c)

Water

d)

Rocks

18.

_______: a collection of all the organisms living in a particular place together with their abiotic components, such as water and air.

a)

Biosphere

b)

Biome

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Community

19.

A _____ is the populations of two or more species within the same geographical area and time period.

a)

Biome

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Community

d)

Population

20.

A _____ is a group of individuals within the same species, within the same area, and that are capable of reproducing with one another.

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

21.

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things contain cells

c)

All living things maintain homeostasis

d)

All living things grow

22.
The basic unit of structure and function in the human body is the....
a)
organ
b)
organ system
c)
cell
d)
tissue
23.

A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things reproduce

b)

All living things maintain homeostasis

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things grow

24.

The following are all characteristics of life EXCEPT:

a)

made of cell(s)

b)

eat food

c)

respond stimuli

d)

reproduce