Post-Assessment Name:____________________________ Date:_________________ Multiple choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. _____1. The place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs is called a. community b. population c. habitat d. ecosystem

_____2. The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called a. biotic b. abiotic c. organisms d. species

_____3. All of the different populations that live together in an area make up a(n) a. community b. population c. ecosystem d. consumers _____4. If a kestrel eats a mouse that eats grass, the kestrel is a(n) a. first-level consumer b. producers c. second-level consumer d. tertiary consumer

_____5. The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a(n) a. energy pyramid b. food web c. food chain d. communities _____6. Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism are the three types of a. predation b. symbiotic relationships c. parasites d. niches _____7. Organisms that capture the energy of sunlight to make food are called a. producers b. consumers c. predators d. decomposers _____8. An insect looks like a leaf, so it blends in with its surroundings and is hard for predators to see. The insect's characteristic is an example of a. natural selection b. adaptation c. predation d. parasites _____9. The struggle for the same limited resources between organisms that share a habitat is called a. limiting factors b. carry capacity c. ecosystem d. competition

_____10. Population size generally increases if the birth rate is ________________ than the death rate a. less b. greater _____11. Bees and flowers are ____________________ factors in an ecosystem. a. biotic b. abiotic c. limiting d. carrying _____12. Second-level consumers may be either carnivores or ______________________ a. herbivores b. omnivores c. decomposers d. bacteria _____13. The organism that kills another organism for food is a. parasite b. prey c. host d. predator _____14. Both species benefit in the type of symbiosis called a. commensalism b. mutualism c. parasitism d. predation

True or False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase to make the statement true. _____15. Water, sunlight, and soil are abiotic factors in an ecosystem. _____________________________________________ _____16. All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area together make up an ecosystem. _____________________________________________ _____17. Prairie dogs, snakes, and grass make up a level of ecological organization called a population. ___________________________________________ _____18. The study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment is called ecology. __________________________________________ _____19. Bacteria and fungi are known as producers because they break down the remains of organisms. ______________________________________________ _____20. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species is known as predation. _____________________________________________

_____21. A hawk building a nest on the arm of a cactus without hurting the cactus is an example of the symbiotic relationship called mutualism. ____________________________________________ _____22. Some parasites, such as ticks and fleas, have adaptations that allow them to attach to the host organism and feed on its blood. _____________________________ _____23. The main way that populations increase in size is through the birth of offspring. _____24. A group of zebras breaking off from a herd decreases the size of the herd population through immigration. _________________________________________ _____25. A lack of places to build nests is an example of space as a limiting factor for a population of birds. ___________________________________________ _____26. If food is scarce, it becomes a limiting factor that prevents population growth. _______________________________________________ _____27. Disease, poor water quality, or predation can serve as carrying factors on a population of organisms. ____________________________________________ _____28. The correct of organization from smallest to the largest in an ecosystem is population, organism, ecosystem, community. _____________________________________________________________________ _____29. If you count 20 beetles in a garden measuring 5 square meters, the population density of the beetles is 20 beetles per square meter. ______________________________________________________

Completion
Complete each statement using the word bank below. (some words may be used more than once and others may not be used at all) 30. An oxpecker bird lives on the ticks it picks from an impala's ears. Together they are all part of the same _______________________________________________. 31. To produce their own food, algae and plants use the abiotic factors sunlight, carbon dioxide, and ________________________________________________.

32. An organism's particular role in its habitat, or when and how it survives, is called its _______________________________________. 33. A shark's powerful jaws is an example of predator ___________________________. 34. A struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources is called _____________________________________________________. 35. When a flea is living on a dog, the dog is the ________________________________. 36. A group of antelope leaving the herd in search of better grassland is an example of _________________________________________________. 37. Food, space, and weather conditions are all examples of _________________________________________________. 38. The largest population that an environment can support is called its ___________________________________. 39. An early weather frost preventing further growth in a tomato garden is an example of _____________________________________________. 40. the number of individuals of a population in a specific area is defined as ________________________________________________.

Word Bank
habitat competition host carry capacity population niche limiting factors adaptation natural selection community population density parasite immigration predation organism water prey emigration ecosystem producer