The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Ecological sampling of living organisms”, from the unit “Biodiversity” (Year 8 Science) by Oak National Academy.
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12 questions
Match the word to its meaning.
What word means the mass of living material in one or more organisms?
In a food chain there are a number of trophic levels. Which tropic level does a food chain diagram always start with?
Look at the pyramid of biomass. Which organism is a producer?
Which statement about pyramids of biomass is true?
An adaptation is a feature that organisms have to help them live in a particular place. Match each adaptation with how it helps the organism to survive.
Which of the following is **true** when explaining why scientists sample populations?
What piece of apparatus is used to suck up and sample small animals?
What is the name of this sampling method?
Which **two** of the following organisms might be sampled using this sampling technique?
A quadrat is used to survey which types of organisms?
10 snails were caught and marked in a mark-capture-recapture experiment. Two days later in a second catch 8 snails were caught. 4 of these were marked. What is the population of snails in the habitat?
