Name
Class
Date
Chapter 4 Test Review
Section 1: Ecosystems: Everything Is Connected
MATCHING
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the
description.
_____ 1. air, water, and rocks
_____ 2. living organisms and dead
organisms
_____ 3. place where an organism lives
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
habitat
abiotic factors
population
species
biotic factors
_____ 4. black widow spiders
_____ 5. all the black widow spiders in a
certain area
MULTIPLE CHOICE
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement or best answers each question.
_____ 6. Which of the following
is an ecosystem?
a. vacant lot
b. oak forest
c. coral reef
d. all of the above
_____ 7. The energy in most
ecosystems comes from
a. green plants.
b. the sun.
c. wind.
d. the soil.
_____ 8. The organisms most
likely to belong to the
same species are
a. people at a football
game.
b. bacteria inside a
person’s body.
c. birds in a forest.
d. organisms in a pond.
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_____ 9. Which of the following
statements about an organ-ism’s
habitat is not true?
a. Most organisms can survive if
they are taken away from their
habitat.
b. An organism’s habitat is the
place where it lives.
c. A habitat has specific
characteristics that an
organism needs to live there.
d. A habitat contains biotic and
abiotic factors.
_____ 10. The community of a pond is
made up of all the
a. biotic and abiotic factors.
b. resources organisms need.
c. habitats in and around the
water.
d. populations of fish, insects,
and other living organisms.
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The Organization of Life
Section 2: Evolution
MATCHING
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the
description.
_____ 1. Humans breed corn with specific
characteristics.
_____ 2. Genetic characteristics of a
population of deer change.
a.natural selection
b.evolution
c.artificial selection
d.adaptation
e.resistance
_____ 3. Insects eating crops are not killed
by insecticide.
_____ 4. Thick fur keeps deer warm in cold
environments.
_____ 5. More deer with thick fur survive.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement or best answers each question.
_____ 6. Organisms can adapt
a. to their physical surroundings.
b. to other organisms.
c. to selective breeding.
d. Both a and b
_____ 7. The process of two species changing genetically in response to longterm interactions with each other is
a. artificial selection.
c. selective breeding.
b. coevolution.
d. resistance.
_____ 8. For evolution to occur in a population, individuals with a trait that is
“naturally selected for” must
a. live a long time.
c. reproduce
b. leave the area.
d. coevolve.
_____ 9. An organism is resistant to a chemical if it
a. has a gene that protects it from the chemical.
b. has been exposed to a small amount of the chemical over time.
c. was not in the area where the chemical was applied.
d. did not eat anything with the chemical on it.
_____ 10. Some organisms are more likely to survive because they
a. have certain physical traits.
c. have certain behaviors.
b. lack certain physical traits.
d. All of the above
Section 3: The Diversity of Living Things
MATCHING
In the space provided, write the letter of the term that best matches the description.
1. ______ single-celled and many-celled organisms that
may be plant-like, animal-like, or fungus-like
2. ______ many-celled organisms that must ingest
food and whose cells have no cell wall
3. _____ single-celled organisms that lack nuclei
______
a. bacteria
b. fungi
c. protists
d. plants
e. animals
4. many-celled organisms that have cell walls
and make their own food
______ 5. organisms whose cells have nuclei and cell
walls, but no chlorophyll
______
MULTIPLE CHOICE
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best
completes each statement or best answers each question.
______ 6. Most scientists classify organisms into
a. five kingdoms.
c. three kingdoms.
b. six kingdoms.
d. two groups.
______
______
7. Most land animals depend on angiosperms for
a. reproduction.
c. food.
b. water.
d. warmth.
8. What converts nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use?
a. bacteria
c. protists
b. fungi
d. animals
_________ 9. Which of the following protists is a type of algae that uses energy from
the sun to make food?
a. seaweed
b. phytoplankton
c. giant kelp
d. all of the above
______1 0. Which of the following animals is successful because it moves
quickly,
reproduces rapidly, and has a waterproof external skeleton?
a. ant
c. bird
b. mouse
d. squirrel
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Skills Worksheet
Concept Review Chapter 4
MATCHING
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the
description.
_____ 1. an individual living thing
_____ 2. a group of various species that live
in the same place and interact with
each other
_____ 3. living or once living part of an
ecosystem
_____ 4. unequal survival and reproduction
that results from the presence or
absence of particular traits
_____ 5. all the organisms living in an area
and their physical environment
_____ 6. change in the genetic characteristics
of a population from one generation
to the next
_____ 7. all the members of the same species
that live in the same place at the
same time
_____ 8. nonliving part of an ecosystem
_____ 9. ability of one or more organisms to
tolerate a particular chemical
designed to kill it
_____ 10. group of organisms that are closely
related and that can mate to produce
fertile offspring
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
ecosystem
population
natural selection
organism
resistance
abiotic factor
evolution
species
community
biotic factor
MULTIPLE CHOICE
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement or best answers each question.
_____ 11. What kind of habitat does a red backed salamander need to survive?
a. damp forest floor
b. sunny top of a tree
c. dry forest floor
d. sunny desert rock
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The Organization of Life
Concept Review continued
_____ 12. Which of the following
kingdoms include organisms
that can make their own
food?
a. protists and plants
b. plants and animals
c. fungi and plants
d. fungi and protists
_____ 13. The Chihuahua is a dog that
exists because of
a. natural selection.
b. artificial selection.
c. resistance.
d. abiotic factors.
_____ 14. Humans have promoted the
evolution of insects that are
resistant to insecticides by
a. trying to control pests
with chemicals.
b. using insecticides that are
outdated.
c. using the wrong
insecticide.
d. breeding more useful
insects.
_____ 15. Which of the following is not
true of an adaptation?
a. It is an advantage to an
organism in certain
environments.
b. It increases an organism’s
chance of reproducing.
c. It increases an organism’s
chance of survival.
d. It decreases an organism’s
chance of evolving.
_____ 16. Which of the following is not
one of the kingdoms of living
things?
a. archaebacteria
b. protobacteria
c. eubacteria
d. protists
_____ 17. One way that bacteria and
fungi are important to the
environment is that they
a. produce oxygen.
b. use the sun’s energy to
make their own food.
c. are a major food source
in many ecosystems.
d. break down dead
organisms.
_____ 18. Phytoplankton are
important protists because
they are the initial source
of
a. food in most land
ecosystems.
b. food in most ocean and
freshwater ecosystems.
c. oxygen in the
atmosphere.
d. Both (a) and (b)
_____ 19. Many angiosperms
depend on
a. other animals in the
oceans.
b. gymnosperms for
reproducing.
c. plants for food.
d. animals to carry pollen
and disperse seeds.
_____ 20. Which of the following
characteristics is shared by
bacteria, fungi, and
plants?
a. They usually have cell
walls.
b. They have cell nuclei.
c. They are single celled.
d. They have the ability to
make their own food