Name: ______Date: ______Period ______

REVIEW: Ecology Unit Chapters 16 & 17

  1. Match the following descriptions with the term that best fits the description. Each term may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
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  1. The ability of living organisms to continue to interact and use the resources around them.

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  1. This term means the study of life.

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  1. Acting in a way that takes personal responsibility for the care and management of the Earth.

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  1. This term means the study of ecosystems.

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  1. Parks, zoos, aquariums and farms are examples of ___ ecosystems.

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  1. The Red Sea and the Indian Ocean are examples of ___ ecosystems, while LakeOntario is not.

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  1. Aquariums, oceans, seas, and lakes are all examples of ___ ecosystems.

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  1. This is the interaction between biotic factors with each other and with their abiotic environment.


Use the word bank below to fill in the blanks for Part B:

highsaltHotspotshabitat

  1. Fill in the blanks with the word(s) that are the most correct to complete each sentence.
  2. ______are areas of the Earth, identified by conservationists, that contain a large amount of biodiversity, but whose biodiversity is significantly under threat by humans.
  3. When biodiversity is ______an ecosystem is less vulnerable to changes.
  4. Marine ecosystems contain ______while fresh water ecosystems do not.
  5. The place where an organism lives and carries out all of its life processes is called its ______.
  1. Choose the best answer:

16. Put the following groupings of life into the correct order, from the smallest to largest.
biome
biosphere
population
individual
ecosystem
community / smallest
largest
  1. The amounts of different types of organisms living in a given area/ecosystem is:

a. Ecology b. ecosystems c. biodiversity

  1. The role an organism plays in its ecosystem is:

a. Destiny b. ecological niche c. designation

  1. Which of the following isan important difference

between anartificial ecosystem and a natural ecosystem.

  1. artificial ecosystems are managed by humans while natural ecosystems are not.
  2. artificial ecosystems contain low biodiversity and natural ecosystems contain high biodiversity
  3. both of these are differences between natural and artificial ecosystems.

Name: ______

Date: ______Mark: ____ / 20

QUIZ: Introduction to Ecosystems

  1. Match the following descriptions with the term that best fits the description. Each term may be used once, more than once, or not at all. (8)
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  1. The ability of living organisms to continue to interact and use the resources around them.

____ /
  1. This term means the study of life.

____ /
  1. Acting in a way that takes personal responsibility for the care and management of the Earth.

____ /
  1. This term means the study of ecosystems.

____ /
  1. Parks, zoos, aquariums and farms are examples of ___ ecosystems.

____ /
  1. The Red Sea and the Indian Ocean are examples of ___ ecosystems, while LakeOntario is not.

____ /
  1. Aquariums, oceans, seas, and lakes are all examples of ___ ecosystems.

____ /
  1. This is the interaction between biotic factors with each other and with their abiotic environment.

  1. Fill in the blanks with the word(s) that are the most correct to complete each sentence. (5)

a)______are areas of the Earth, identified by conservationists, that contain a large amount of biodiversity, but whose biodiversity is significantly under threat by humans.

b)The people of ______deforested their land, in part, to create large stone statues called Moai. They ended up wrecking ecological destruction upon their ecosystems.

c)When biodiversity is ______an ecosystem is less vulnerable to changes.

d)Marine ecosystems contain ______while fresh water ecosystems do not.

e)The place where an organism lives and carries out all of its life processes is called its ______.

  1. Define the following terms. (2)

a)biodiversity

The amount of different types of organisms living in a given area/ecosystem.

b)ecological niche

The role an organism plays in its ecosystem.

  1. Describe an important difference between anartificial ecosystem and a natural ecosystem. (2)

Artificial ecosystems are designed and managed by humans whereas natural ecosystems are not.

  1. Put the following groupings of life into the correct order, from the least complex to the most complex. (3)

least complex ______

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most complex______