PEOPLE AND THE EARTH’S ECOSYSTEM

WORKSHEET FOR ECOLOGY

NAME: SCORE:
COURSE/YEAR: DATE:

Direction: Answer in a one whole sheet of paper. Submit your answers in jpg / jpeg format.

TEST 1 : TRUE OR FALSE

Instruction: Write true if the statement is true and if the statement is alter the statement to make
it correct.

1. _______ All organisms have the same basic needs.

2. _______ Environmental factors can be classified as either biotic or abiotic.

3. _______ An individual is a single living thing.

4. _______ Members of the same population rarely interact with each other.

5. _______ The biotic component of a biome is a community.

6. _______ An ecosystem includes only biotic factors.

7. _______ The biosphere includes all the other levels of organization in ecology.

TEST 2 : CRITICAL READING

Instruction: Read this passage based on the text and answer the questions that follow.

Organisms are individual living things. They range from microscopic bacteria to gigantic
blue whales. Despite their great diversity, all organisms have the same basic needs:
energy and matter. Energy and matter must be obtained from the environment.

Because organisms depend on their environment to meet their needs, they are greatly
influenced by it. There are many factors in the environment that affect organisms. The
factors can be classified as either biotic or abiotic. Biotic factors are all of the living or
 once-living aspects of the environment. They include all the organisms that live there as
well as the remains of dead organisms. Abiotic factors are all of the aspects of the
environment that have never been alive. They include factors such as sunlight, soil
minerals, temperature, and moisture.

Questions

1. What do all organisms need from their environment?

2. Identify three possible biotic factors in the environment of a squirrel living in a

forest.

3. Describe some of the abiotic factors in the environment in which you live.

TEST 3 : MULTIPLE CHOICE

Instruction : Circle the letter of the correct choice.

1. Ecology shares data and theories with the science(s) of

a. geography.
b. biology.
c. climatology.
d. all of the above

2. What do all living things need from their environment?

a. sunlight
b. energy
c. matter
d. two of the above

3. Biotic factors in the environment include

a. remains of dead organisms.

b. minerals in the soil.
c. temperature.
d. two of the above

4. An ecosystem consists of
 a. biotic factors.
b. abiotic factors.
c. a community.
d. all of the above

5. Ecosystems in a biome have the same general

a. consumers.
b. abiotic factors.
c. populations.
d. all of the above

6. Which choice shows levels of organization in ecology from smaller to larger?

a. individual → community → population

b. ecosystem → biome → biosphere
c. community → biome → ecosystem
d. population → ecosystem → community

7. Abiotic factors in the environment include all of the following except

a. organic wastes.
b. moisture.
c. temperature.
d. minerals.

TEST 4: FILL IN THE BLANKS

Instruction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate term.

1. The science of how living things interact with each other and their environment is
called _____.

2. A land-based biome is called a(n) _____ biome.

3. A water-based biome is called a(n) _____ biome.

4. The _____ consists of all the parts of Earth where life can be found.
 5. Ecology is a major branch of _____ science.

6. The lowest level of organization in ecology is the _____.

7. The highest level of organization in ecology is the _____.

TEST 5 : CRITICAL READING

Instruction: Thoroughly answer the question below. Use appropriate academic vocabulary and
clear and complete sentences.

Outline and Define the levels of organization in ecology.