WorksheetsChapter 2 Biology Mcgraw Hill
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
The scientific discipline in which relationships among organisms and the interactions organisms have with the environment is called......
Biology
Ecology
Economy
Chemistry
What is the "biosphere"?
the circle of life
the helmet that astronauts wear
the portion of Earth that supports life
The study of ecosystems
The living factors in an organism's environment are called....
biotic factors
abiotic factors
biosphere
commensalism
the NON-living factors in an organism's environment are called...
biotic factors
abiotic factors
commensalism
mutualism
a group of organisms that occupy the same geographic location at the same time (live in the same place at the same time) is called...
biosphere
ecosystem
community
population
a group of populations interacting in the same place at the same time is called....
biological population
biological community
organism
biosphere
What is a biological community and all of the abiotic factors that affect it?
biosphere
ecosystem
biome
community
A large group of ecosystems that share the same type of climate and have similar types of communities is called...
A biome
A biosphere
A population
Commensalism
The area where an organism lives is called...
Niche
Home
Zoo
Habitat
The role or position that an organism has in its environment (its "purpose") is called...
purpose
habitat
niche
job
The act of one organism pursuing and consuming another organism for food is called...
Predation
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
The close relationship that exists when one or more species live close to each other is called...
Commensalism
Symbiosis
Mutualism
Predation
The symbiotic relationship in which two organisms live close to one another and both benefit from each other is called...
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Predation
An organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances and uses it to create its own food is called a(n)...
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Predator
Prey
An organism that gets its energy from consuming other organisms is called a(n)...
heterotroph
autotroph
prey
plant
A hetertroph that eats only plants is called a(n)...
vegetarian
vegan
herbivore
omnivore
Heterotrophs that prey on other heterotrophs are called...
omnivores
carnivores
herbivores
vegans
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped is called...
commensalism
mutualism
parasitism
predation
A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits at the other's expense is called...
mutualism
commensalism
parasitism
predation
Organisms that eat both plants and animals are called...
omnivores
herbivores
carnivores
vegans
Organisms that eat bits of dead plant and animal matter and return the nutrients to the soil, water, and air are called
herbivores
detritivores
omnivores
carnivores
Each step in a food chain or food web is called a...
step
ecosystem
community
trophic level
A model that shows how energy flows through an ecosystem is called...
a food chain
a trophic level
a trophic cascade
a biosphere
the total mass of living matter in each trophic level is called...
mass
body mass
biomass
earthmass
Anything that has mass and takes up space is known as...
Volume
Velocity
Matter
Mass
What is the word for "a chemical substance that an organism must obtain from its environment to sustain life and undergo life processes"?
Predation
Nutrient
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
What is the exchange of matter through the biosphere called
The biocycle
The geocycle
The chemcycle
The biogeochemical cycle
The process of capture and conversion of nitrogen to a form that is usable by plants is called...
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrogen absorption
The nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen release
A process where soil bacteria convert fixed nitrogen compounds back into gas is called...
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrogen release
Denitrification
The nitrogen cycle
