Ecology study guide #1
Multiple choice:
1.
Which of the following is an example of a population?
a. the cats and birds in your neighborhood
b. the bushes and grass around your house
c. all the stones in your driveway
d. the white oak trees in a forest
2. The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment is called
a. Predators
b. Ecology
c. Biosphere
d. Community
3. Of the following, which is NOT an abiotic feature of the environment?
a. water
b. soil
c. fungi
d. light
4. A ____________ is made up off all the living and nonliving things in an specific environment.
a. biosphere
b. community
c. populations
d. ecosystem
5. The organisms of one species living together in the same place at the same time are a ____.
a. Community b. niche
c. population
d. biosphere
6. Put the five levels of environmental organization in order from smallest to largest.
Write the appropriate number in the space provided.
Ecosystem ____________
Biosphere _____________
Community____________
Organism _____________
Population ____________
7. An organism’s environment has two parts, the ____________, or living, and the _________________
or nonliving part. (biotic or abiotic)
8. A _____________ is a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area at the same
time. (community or population)
9. Communities and their abiotic environments make up a(n) _____________________. (ecosystem or
food web)
10. Organisms that use photosynthesis to obtain energy are called __________________. . (producers or
decomposers)
Use the diagram to answer the next three questions.
2. The producer in the diagram is the –
a. human
c. cow
b. grass
d. sun
sun
hamburger
(beef)
food chain?
a. human
b. grass
cow
human
grass
3. Which of these is not a direct part of the
c. cow
d. sun
Use this diagram to answer the next three questions.
1.
Which of these is a predator?
a. Rabbit
b. frog
c. grasshopper d. fungus
2.
Which organisms shown in the food web is a producer?
a. Bacteria
b. owl
c. grass
d. rabbit
3.
Which species is considered to be primarily a prey animal?
a. Coyote
b. bacteria
c. owl
d. rabgit
4.
Name three biotic parts and one abiotic part of the touch tank environment.
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