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Ecology Gse

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ecology is

a)

The study of Earth's Mantle

b)

The study of relationships between living things and their environment

c)

The study of humans and their impact on Earth

d)

The study of rocks

2.

Organisms of the same species living in the same environment together

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Environment

3.

Populations of organisms living in the same environment at the same time

a)

Population

b)

Biotic factors

c)

Community

d)

Habitat

4.

All living and nonliving parts of an environment found in a specific location.

a)

Habitat

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Community

5.

An example of an Abiotic Factor is

a)

Turtle

b)

Panda

c)

Sunlight

d)

Fish

6.

Water, rocks are all Biotic Factors of an ecosystem

a)

True

b)

False

7.

A place where an organism lives in an ecosystem is called

a)

Home

b)

Habitat

c)

Freshwater

d)

Marine

8.

This butterfly is an example of a/an __________.

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Organism

d)

Ecologist

9.

An example of autotroph is

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

What is the correct term for moisture that falls to the ground from clouds?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Evaporation

c)

hibernation

d)

Freezing

11.

Condensation is part of the water cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is evaporation?

a)

Water freezes

b)

Water vapor meets cold air and changes back into a liquid

c)

Water gets warm and changes from liquid water to water vapour

d)

Plants take in water from soil

13.

Which is an example of condensation?

a)

12 inches of snow fall

b)

On a hot day, water on the sidewalk quickly disappears

c)

A layer of water appears on the outside of a cup of ice water soon after it was poured

d)

Flood

14.

Collection of water on the earth can be in the form of

a)

Oceans

b)

Lakes

c)

Rivers

d)

All of the above

15.

The water cycle is important

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The process by which water is released into the atmosphere by plants is called

a)

Perspiration

b)

Transpiration

c)

Evaporation

17.

On a mountain in the spring, snow melts and trickles into a creek. In turn, the creek flows into a river, which eventually reaches the ocean. Of which part of the water cycle is this an example?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Run-off

d)

Precipitation

18.

What is the source of energy for food chains/food webs?

a)

Sun

b)

Tiger

c)

Sheep

d)

Insect

19.

What organisms are at the lowest trophic level?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Scavenger

d)

Decomposer

20.

How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid?

a)

100%

b)

80%

c)

10%

d)

20%

21.

Where do crickets get their energy?

a)

Shrews

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Cattails

d)

Marsh Grass

22.

What do the arrows indicate in a food web?

a)

How the animals are related

b)

Where the energy is being transferred

23.

Why can't the top level contain a large number of organisms?

a)

Because as energy moves from the bottom to the top level, less and less energy is available to higher levels.

b)

Because the original energy from producers is the total energy available to all the organisms in the energy pyramid.

c)

because only about ten percent of the energy available at one level is transferred to the next level.

d)

all of the above

24.

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Top Predator

25.

What is needed to maintain a sustainable food chain?

a)

More consumers than producers

b)

An equal amount of producers and consumers

c)

A lot more producers at the bottom and few top predators at the top

d)

Don't pick this one obviously