ASSUMPTION ENGLISH SCHOOL
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Lower Secondary Science NA
Chapter 19 Interactions between Ecosystems
C19 Topical Worksheet
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Name: ______________________ ( ) Class: _______ Date: __________
Section A – Multiple Choice Questions (10 marks)
For each question, under the confidence level, put a score between 1 to 3 for each
answer.
(1 = made a wild guess, 2 = made a smart guess, 3 = very confident)
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Answer
Confidenc
e Level
1 The picture below shows a dead log community.
P
A
B
Q
FU
Sun
T
S
Which make up the biotic environment?
A P,Q and U B Q, R, S and T
C R, S and T D All except U
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2 What describes a population?
A all members of the same species in a community
B all the animals and plants in a community
C all the animals in a community
D all the plants in a community
3 What must be present for photosynthesis to occur?
chlorophyll light oxygen water
A
B X
C X X
D X X X
4 The equation represents a process that occurs in plants:
glucose + oxygen 🡪 carbon dioxide + water + energy
What process is this?
A breathing B evaporation
C photosynthesis D respiration
5 Which option about respiration and photosynthesis are true?
respiration photosynthesis
A oxygen is a waste product carbon dioxide is a waste product
B carbon dioxide is absorbed oxygen is absorbed
C energy is released energy is absorbed
D water vapour is absorbed water vapour is released
2
6 The diagram shows a food chain.
Which types of energy are represented by the black arrows and by the white
arrows?
black arrows white arrows
A chemical heat
B chemical light
C heat chemical
D light chemical
7 The diagram below shows a food chain.
Paddy X Y Snake ZX
field
Which organisms could represent X, Y and Z?
X Y Z
A earthworm hawk sparrow
B grasshopper sparrow hawk
C grasshopper earthworm hawk
D hawk earthworm grasshopper
8 The following figure shows a food web. How many food chains are there that
make up this food web?
A 4 B 5 C 6 D 7
9 The diagram below shows four food chains with human as the final consumer.
Sun
grass waterweedd corn
rice 2 3
cows fish
1 4
3
humans
Which food chains provide the most amount of energy to the human?
A 1 and 2 B 1 and 4
C 2 and 3 D 2 and 4
10 Which are decomposers?
i vulture
ii fungi
iii bacteria
iv beetle
A i and ii B i and iii
C ii and iii D ii and iv
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Section B (20 marks)
1 The diagram below shows what happens to energy as it passes through an ox.
Oxpecker
ticks
5% of energy
stored in tissue
Energy
contained
within food 60% of this
energy passes
through the ox
(a) State the source of the energy in the food eaten by the ox.
………………………………………………………………………………..…… [1]
(b) Name the process that uses up the remaining 35% of the energy in the food
available to the ox.
………………………………………………………………………………..…… [1]
(c) What kind of feeding relationship is formed by the ticks with the ox? Explain
your answer.
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……………………………………………………………………..……………… [2]
(d) The oxpecker found on the back of the ox feeds on both the ticks as well as
the blood from the ox’s wounds. In the space below, draw a food web to
show the feeding relationships of the organisms.
[2]
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2 Fig. 2.1 shows a food web within a certain community near a volcano.
hawks
foxes
mice
snakes
rabbits grasshoppers
grass young tree seeds
Fig. 2.1
(a) What is an ecosystem?
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……………………………………………………………………………………... [1]
(b) From Fig 2.1, select the
(i) producer, ……………………………………………... [1]
(ii) herbivore, ……………………………………………... [1]
(ii) secondary consumer. ……………………………………………... [1]
(c) State a factor and explain how a factor can threaten the life of the organisms
in the community.
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(d) Predict and explain the direct consequence if there was a disease outbreak
affects fox population.
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……………………………………………………………………………………... [2]
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(e) A volcano erupted and covered the sky with dark ashes for half a year. No
light was able to shine through the sky to the ground. State and explain how
the hawks’ population size will change.
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……………………………………………………………………………………... [2]
(f) Explain why food chains usually do not have more than four trophic levels.
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……………………………………………………………………………………... [1]
3 Fig. 3.1 shows the absorption and release of gases by an animal and by a leaf of a
plant during the day.
Fig. 3.1
(a) Name
(i) Gas A ……………………………….
(ii) Gas B ………………………………. [1]
(iii) On Fig. 3.2, place arrow heads on the four lines to indicate the
movement of the same gases during the hours of darkness. [2]
Fig. 3.2
