Science test 1

Question 1

Where an Organism lives.

Answer 1

Habitat

Question 2

All the Earth’s water in solid, liquid and gas form.

Answer 2

Hydrosphere

Question 3

A sequence of organisms, each feeding on the next, showing the movement of energy.

Answer 3

Food Chain

Question 4

An organism that obtains its energy from producers.

Answer 4

Herbivore

Question 5

Living factors that effect an ecosystem.

Answer 5

Biotic factors

Question 6

Non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem.

Answer 6

Abiotic Factors

Question 7

A representation of all the feeding relationships within a community.

Answer 7

Food Web

Question 8

All the living organisms and their physical and chemical environment.

Answer 8

Ecosystem

Question 9

Collection of organisms living in the same geographical area.

Answer 9

Community

Question 10

The layer of gases surrounding the earth.

Answer 10

Atmosphere

Question 11

An organism that makes its own food.

Answer 11

Producer

Question 12

The function/role a species serves in its ecosystem, including what it eats, what eats it and how it behaves.

Answer 12

Niche

Question 13

Earths solid outer layer.

Answer 13

Lithosphere

Question 14

A group of organisms of the same species living together.

Answer 14

Population

Question 15

Lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere together.

Answer 15

Biosphere

Question 16

What is an invasive species?

Answer 16

A species that is introduced and non-native to the ecosystem, that causes damage to the ecosystem.

Question 17

Name one or more invasive species.

Answer 17

Emerald ash boar, Zebra mussels

Question 18

Cell Respiration

Answer 18

The process when sugar and oxygen are converted into carbon dioxide

Question 19

Photosynthesis

Answer 19

When the Sun’s energy is converted into chemical energy

Question 20

Bioaccumulation

Answer 20

Environment–> Animal

Question 21

Bioamplification

Answer 21

One animal to another animal up the food chain

Question 22

Carbon cycle

Answer 22

The movement of carbon around the biosphere

Question 23

Nitrogen cycle

Answer 23

The movement of nitrogen around the biosphere