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WorksheetsIntroduction to Ecology
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 28mins
Which is the simplest level of organization within the environment?
cell
organism
population
community
Which of the following is the highest level of organization within the environment?
population
organism
ecosystem
biosphere
Similar organisms that can reproduce with each other are considered to be members of the same _______________.
community
species
biosphere
ecosystem
All the alligators in a swamp are an example of a(n) _______________.
organism
community
population
group
What is an abiotic factor?
A living condition or thing, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it.
A non-living condition or thing, that does not affect an ecosystem and the organisms in it.
A non-living condition or thing, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it.
A living condition or thing, that does not affect an ecosystem and the organisms in it.
What is an organism?
Several animals, plants, or single-celled life forms.
An individual animal, plant, or single-celled obejct.
An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
Several animals and plants.
What is a niche?
The place or function of a given object within its ecosystem.
The place or function of a given organism within its ecosystem.
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
The natural home or environment of an object.
What is a biotic factor?
Any non-living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment.
Any living component that has a population.
Any living component that affects the population of another country.
Any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment.
What is an ecosystem?
A community of non-interacting organisms and their physical environment.
A biological community of interacting organisms and their chemical environment.
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
A community of non-interacting organisms and their chemical environment.
What is a habitat?
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.
The interrelationship of a species with all the biotic and abiotic factors affecting it.
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
The natural home or environment of non-living organisms.
What is the term for something that makes its own food, usually a plant?
Consumer
Producer
Herbivore
Carnivore
What is the term for an animal that eats just plants?
Producer
Carnivore
Herbivore
Omnivore
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats other organisms
An organism that does photosynthesis
What does a predator eat?
Plants
Other animals
Which of these consumers eats the producer?
Primary consumer
Secondary consumer
Tertiary consumer
What type of organism breaks down organisms and their waste products?
Predators
Prey
Producers
Decomposers
