WORKSHEET 1

Name: ___________________________ Sec4:___________ Score: __________

Paper 1: Answer this question in this booklet by crossing the letter A, B, C, or D

1. Which term can be described as ‘many different species living together, interacting with
each other and with their physical environment’?
A. a food chain C. a nutrient cycle
B. a food web D. an ecosystem

2. The diagram shows organisms feeding on a dead

rat and one of the organisms which, in turn, feeds
on them.
What is needed to complete the food chain?
A. carnivore
B. consumer
C. predator
D. producer

3. What is an advantage of a short food chain?

A. A few producers can support a large number of
consumers.
B. It is easier for consumers to find food.
C. Less energy is lost in the food chain.
D. Less food is required by the consumers.

4. The food chain shows the number of animals relying on two bushes for their survival.
At which step in the food chain do the organisms have the greatest amount of energy?

5. The diagram shows a food chain.

In this food chain, which population has the largest biomass and which has the largest
population size?

6. A single tree is food for a large population of caterpillars. Several small birds eat the
caterpillars.
A bird of prey eats the small birds.
Which diagram shows the pyramid of numbers for this food chain?

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7. The diagram shows a simple food web.

What must organism J be?

A. a carnivore C. a herbivore
B. a decomposer D. a producer

8. The diagram shows a food web.

Which organisms occupy the same trophic level?

A. 3 and 2 C. 5 and 2
B. 4 and 1 D. 5 and 3

9. What are the possible effects of deforestation?

10. What are the main undesirable effects of sulphur dioxide pollution released by factories,
overuse of fertilisers and nuclear fall out?

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Paper 2: Complete this following ecological cycle below by name each process

Water Cycle 1. ____________________

2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
5. ____________________
6. ____________________

Carbon cycle 1. ____________________

2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
5. ____________________
6. ____________________

Nitrogen Cycle 1. ____________________

2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
5. ____________________

Name bacteria that help fixation of nitrogen: _____________________

Name bacteria that add nitrate to soil by change ammonium into nitrate:
_____________________
Name bacteria that reduce the amount of nitrate in soil: _____________________