WorksheetsEcology 1 Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is ecology?
The study of the interaction between groups of organisms and their environment.
The study of the physical structure of the Earth.
The study of chemical reactions in living organisms.
The study of the history of life on Earth.
What is an ecosystem?
A community of organisms and their interactions with the environment.
A single organism's habitat.
A group of similar species living together.
A non-living part of the environment.
What is the biosphere?
The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which life can exist.
The layer of gases surrounding the Earth.
The solid outer layer of the Earth.
The water bodies on Earth.
What is competition in ecology?
The struggle between organisms for resources that are in short supply.
The cooperation between organisms for mutual benefit.
The process of one organism consuming another.
The adaptation of organisms to their environment.
What are biotic factors?
An organism’s influence on another organism.
The influence of a non-living part of the environment on an organism.
Weather conditions that affect organisms.
Soil factors that affect organisms.
What are abiotic factors?
The influence of a non-living part of the environment on an organism.
An organism’s influence on another organism.
Weather conditions that affect organisms.
Soil factors that affect organisms.
What are climatic factors?
Weather conditions that affect organisms in an ecosystem.
Soil factors that affect organisms.
Water factors that affect organisms.
The influence of a non-living part of the environment on an organism.
What are edaphic factors?
Soil factors that affect organisms.
Weather conditions that affect organisms.
Water factors that affect organisms.
The influence of a non-living part of the environment on an organism.
What are aquatic factors?
Factors that affect organisms that live in water.
Weather conditions that affect organisms.
Soil factors that affect organisms.
The influence of a non-living part of the environment on an organism.
What is the primary source of energy for life on earth?
The sun.
The moon.
The wind.
The ocean.
What are producers in an ecosystem?
Organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun.
Organisms that feed on other organisms.
Organisms that decompose dead matter.
Organisms that compete for resources.
What are consumers in an ecosystem?
Organisms that feed on other organisms.
Organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun.
Organisms that decompose dead matter.
Organisms that compete for resources.
What is a food chain?
The feeding relationships between organisms in which energy is transferred.
A group of organisms that live together.
The physical environment in which organisms live.
The process of recycling nutrients in an ecosystem.
What is a trophic level?
The feeding level in a food chain.
The physical environment in which organisms live.
The process of recycling nutrients in an ecosystem.
The struggle between organisms for resources.
What is a food web?
Two or more intersecting food chains.
A single food chain.
The physical environment in which organisms live.
The process of recycling nutrients in an ecosystem.
What is a pyramid of numbers?
A diagram showing the numbers of organisms at each trophic level of a food chain.
A diagram showing the energy flow in an ecosystem.
A diagram showing the recycling of nutrients in an ecosystem.
A diagram showing the physical environment in which organisms live.
What is the habitat of an organism?
The place where it lives.
The role it plays in its ecosystem.
The food it consumes.
The energy it produces.
What is the niche of an organism?
The role of an organism in an ecosystem, i.e. how it lives and what it does in its community.
The place where it lives.
The food it consumes.
The energy it produces.
What is the carbon cycle?
The way in which carbon is taken from and added to the environment by organisms.
The process of recycling nutrients in an ecosystem.
The feeding relationships between organisms in which energy is transferred.
The physical environment in which organisms live.
What is the nitrogen cycle?
The process that enables organisms to get nitrogen in a form they can use.
The way in which carbon is taken from and added to the environment by organisms.
The feeding relationships between organisms in which energy is transferred.
The physical environment in which organisms live.
