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Ecology STAAR Practice

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

1.

Circulatory

b)

2.

Digestive

c)

3.

Excretory

d)

4.

Nervous

e)

5.

Respiratory

2.

Which of the following is a function of the skeletal system?

a)

provides mobility for the body

b)

protects from the external environment

c)

supplies the body with oxygen

d)

protects organs and provides support

3.

Which diagram represents the system that sends signals back and fourth from the brain to the body?

a)

b)

c)

d)

4.

Which of the following describes the respiratory system?

a)

removes wastes from the blood

b)

breaks down food into smaller molecules

c)

moves oxygen into the blood and carbon dioxide out of the blood

d)

transports oxygen and nutrients to the body's cells

5.

Which diagram represents the system that exchanges gases with the environment?

a)

b)

c)

d)

6.

Which diagram represents the system that primarily removes wastes?

a)

b)

c)

d)

7.

Which diagram represents the system that transports nutrients water, and oxygen to body cells?

a)

b)

c)

d)

8.

What two systems work closely together to provide cells with energy are -

a)

digestive system

b)

circulatory system

c)

respiratory system

d)

excretory system

9.

* Brain of the cell

It is responsible of all the cells activities.

a)

Cytoplasm

b)

Endoplamic Reticulum

c)

Nucleus

d)

Chloroplast

10.

Jelly-like substance where the organelles are found

a)

Golgi Bodies

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Cell Wall

d)

Ribosomes

11.

Stores food, nutrients, water, and waste ( to protect the cell ) It is like a reservoir.

a)

Cell Wall

b)

Vacuole

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplast

12.

They are the protein builders in the cell

a)

Vacuole

b)

Golgi Bodies

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Chloroplasts

13.

It is the rigid layer and supports and protects the plant cell

a)

Cell Membrame

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Ribosomes

d)

Cell Wall

14.

Which of the following organisms is a producer?

a)

grass

b)

rabbit

c)

fox

d)

snake

15.

Which of the following organisms is a primary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

rabbit

c)

fox

d)

snake

16.

Which of the following organisms in competition with the weasel for their food source?

a)

grass

b)

rabbit

c)

fox

d)

snake

17.

What would happen to the rabbit population if the fox population moved out of the area represented by the food web?

a)

The rabbit population would increase

b)

The rabbit population would decrease

c)

The rabbit population would neither increase nor decrease

18.
A consumer that hunts is called:
a)
a producer.
b)
an omnivore.
c)
a predator.
d)
a herbivore.
19.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
20.

Not living, or never was alive

a)

Abiotic factors

b)

Biotic factors

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Population

21.

Living, or produced by living things

a)

Biotic factor

b)

Abiotic factor

c)

Organisms

d)

Competition

22.

Hawks and brown bears live together in the same habitat. There will be competition between the hawks and the brown bears only if which of the following is true?

a)

Brown bears hibernate during the winter while hawks remain active.

b)

Pesticides in the fish population affect hawks’ eggs and decrease their population.

c)

Both brown bears and hawks feed on the same species of fish.

d)

Both Shanna and Savanna feed on the same species of snakes.

23.

The strangler fig is a vine that starts out as a seed in the tree canopy of the rain forest. By sprouting in the rain-forest canopy, the strangler fig seedling is exposed to more --

a)

sunlight

b)

soil

c)

nutrients

d)

consumers

24.

Plants compete for which resources? Select ALL that apply.

a)

Sunlight

b)

Space

c)

Water

d)

Oxygen

25.
How does an invasive species impact an ecosystem? 
a)
All invasive species will die off because it can survive in a new ecosystem. 
b)
Invasive species will overpopulate because it has no natural predator.
c)
They will reproduce with native species and create a new species.
d)
Invasive species will live peacefully among the native species.
26.

Biodiversity is

a)

changes in an environment

b)

variety of life

c)

characteristics of organisms

27.

A natural process resulting in changes to an organism leading to adaptations.

a)

Natural Selection

b)

selective breeding

c)

environmental change

28.
The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?
a)
Dark moth
b)
Light moth
c)
Both will be equally successful
d)
Neither will be successful
29.
Why is the mouse population changing over time?
a)
The light mice can reproduce more successfully than the dark mice
b)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because the dark mice taste better
c)
The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily
d)
The hawks eat more dark mice than light mice because they can see the dark mice more easily
30.
These moths are all the same species. The differences between their wings is an example of ________________
a)
Natural Selection
b)
Variation
c)
Homeostasis
d)
Extinction
31.

Natural selection results in change in a population's _____________ traits over time.

a)

inherited

b)

acquired

32.

After a volcano destroys the land, ________________ succession takes place.

a)

Secondary

b)

Primary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Important

33.

A pattern of change after existing ecosystem is destroyed, such as clearing for farming.

a)

Evolution

b)

Secondary Succession

c)

Primary Succession

34.

A new island is formed after a volcano erupts.

What is the order that things would grow?

a)

Tree, grass, moss

b)

Lichen, Grass, Shrub, Tree

c)

Lichen, Shrub, Moss, Tree

d)

Shrub, grass, moss, tree

35.

What type of organism would typically grow on bare rock?

a)

Moss and lichen

b)

Grass

c)

Oak trees

d)

Shrubs

36.

___ are the first organisms to colonize an area and begin the process of ecological succession.

a)

foundational organisms

b)

introductory organisms

c)

primary organisms

d)

pioneer species

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