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THE INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL, DUBAI

GRADE 7 SCIENCE
ECOSYSTEM
REVISION WORKSHEET
Choose the correct answer:

1. What are the non-living part in an ecosystem such as water and air called?
a) Biomes b) abiotic factors c) biotic factors d) ecological factors
2. The first organism in a food chain is always a _____________
a) Consumer b) carnivore c) producer d) herbivore
3. ________________ is a model that shows the flow of energy from one trophic level to the
next along a food chain.
a) Flow chart b) Energy pyramid c) Food web d) none of the above
4. Oxygen cycle begins with the process of _________________.
a) respiration b) digestion c) photosynthesis d) diffusion

5. Assertion: In most ecosystem , all the pyramids, of number, energy and biomass are upright.
Reason: In a food chain producers are more in number and biomass than the herbivores, and
herbivores are more in number and biomass and carnivores.
a. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion.
b. Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion.
c. If assertion is true but reason is false.
d. If both assertion and reason are false.

6. The amount of energy passed along the food chain at each trophic level:
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 30%
D) 5%

7. If the producers in ecological pyramid have a total of 60000 Kcal of energy, which of the
following would be true?
A. The secondary consumers would have a total of 60 Kcal of energy.
B. The tertiary consumers would have a total of 6 Kcal of energy.
C. The secondary consumers would have a total of 60000 Kcal of energy.
D. The tertiary consumers would have a total of 60 Kcal of energy.
II. ANSWER IN A WORD OR A SENTENCE:

8.

This is a pyramid of energy. Which trophic level represents producers?

9. Look at the food web and answer the following questions:

Complete the following sentences using the words increase or decrease to describe what will
happen to the food web.

i. If the population of sparrows decreases then the population of caterpillars will:


ii. If mice increase in number, then the number of snakes will:

10. A plant will grow taller and thicker as it grows from a seed to a mature plant. Which abiotic factors
are most responsible for the increase in the mass of the plant?

11. Why are there less number of organisms at the top of the ecological pyramid?

12. Extinction of an animal or bird leads to ecological Instability. Do you Agree with this statement?
Justify.

13. Explain the stages in Oxygen cycle and its importance.

14. How does pollution affect the wildlife?

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