GRADE 7: INTERACTIONS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT QUIZ
Name:
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The soil, plants, air, as well as the insects, birds and rodents that call this garden
home are referred to by what term?
a) habitat
b) a population
c) an ecosystem
d) abiotic elements
2. A group of pine siskins are feeding on the thistle seed in this
feeder. This group of birds is an example of which biotic term?
a) a habitat
b) an ecosystem
c)a community
d) a population
3. Colourful bracket fungi (along with lichens) are growing on
this fallen log. These fungi are a type of tough, leathery
mushroom that get their nourishment from the dead wood of
the fallen tree, breaking it down as they feed. Based on this
description, the bracket fungi are…
a) herbivores
b) scavengers
c) producers
d) decomposers.
4. What is the definition of the word "ecosystem"?
a) An ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species
b) The physical and biological components of an environment considered in relation
to each other as a unit
c) A collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species that lives in a given
geographic area
d) A group of interacting organisms sharing an environment