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Quiz: Ecosystems
Objective
Answers
Score
Distinguish
between levels of
organization
2.
5.
8.
9.
10.
Differentiate
between abiotic
and biotic factors
4.
6.
11.
12.
14.
Describe
ecosystem
relationships
1.
3.
7.
13.
15.
The diagram below shows a model of forest food web. Use the model below to answer the next three
questions.
1.) What is true about the organisms in level B?
a)
b)
c)
d)
They are decomposers
They are producers
They are consumers
They all make their own food
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2.) What level of ecosystem organization is shown by the food web?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
3.) Which of the following organisms have a predator-prey relationship?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Elk and Tree
Mouse and Grass
Frog and Cricket
Snake and Mountain Loin
The image below shows a bottle ecosystem made by a student for a school project.
4.) Which of the following is an abiotic factor in the bottle ecosystem?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Slug
Plant
Fly
Soil
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5.) The symbols below are used to represent different levels of ecological organization.
Which diagram shows the correct relationship between these levels of ecological organization?
a)
b)
c)
d)
6.) Charlie is walking through the forest on a hot summer day. He sees many animal populations, including
birds and frogs. He also sees many different plant populations, like trees and bushes. Which of the following
things that Charlie saw was an ABIOTIC factor?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Sun
Frogs
Birds
Trees
7.) Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor positively influencing a biotic factor?
a)
b)
c)
d)
After a long drought, it finally rains in Texas giving the plants and animals water.
The bears in an area kill off almost all of the rabbit population.
A tornado rips through Texas and destroys all of the tall trees.
The wild pigs in one ecosystem destroy farmland as they run through.
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8.) Which list correctly orders the levels of organization in increasing complexity?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Organism  Population  Community  Ecosystem
Organism  Population  Ecosystem  Community
Community  Population  Ecosystem  Organism
Ecosystem  Community  Population  Organism
Vocabulary Term
Population
Community
Definition
A group of the same type of
organism living together
Several populations living
together in an area and
interacting
Ecosystem
B
Example
A
Lions, zebra and grass
populations
Ducks, grasses, fish
and frogs and the sun
and water that help
them survive
9.) Which of the following pairs of terms could accurately replace boxes A and B?
a)
b)
c)
d)
A - a heard of sheep, B - all of the biotic factors in a given area
A - a single penguin, B - all of the biotic and abiotic factors interacting in an area
A - a group of buffalo, B - all of the biotic and abiotic factors interacting in an area
A - a family of bears, B - a single living thing
10.) Which of the following images best represents a population?
a)
b)
c)
d)
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11.) At which level of ecological organization are abiotic factors included?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
12.) Which of the following charts correctly identifies abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The diagram below shows a food web for a farm ecosystem.
13.) Which two types of organisms in the farm ecosystem have a producer-consumer relationship?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Rabbit and Grass
Owl and Hawk
Grasshopper and Rabbit
Grass and Leaves
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14.) How many organisms in the food web are biotic factors?
15.) How many organisms in the food web are primary consumers?
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Question
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
TEKS
7.5B
6.12F
7.5B
6.12E
6.12F
6.12E
6.12E
6.12F
6.12F
6.12F
6.12F
6.12E
7.5B
6.12E
7.5B
Answer
C
C
C
D
B
A
A
B
C
A
D
A
C
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