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Ecology Quiz 14 (60 MCQs)

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1. Like nutrients and water, energy also recycles through an ecosystem.
2. An organism's ..... level describes where it can be found in a food chain or web.
3. Which level of ecological organization is composed of many similar ecosystems with the same climate and geographic locations?
4. The permenantly frozen soil that prevents plants from growing deep within the soil is called .....
5. A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits from the relationship and the other is harmed
6. Organisms that live on the surface of water
7. Organisms and their nonliving environment are connected
8. A nonliving element in an ecosystem is known as what?
9. Eutrophication is caused by
10. What is NOT one example of how an invasive species affects the environment?
11. Emigration means .....
12. What is the first sources of energy that enters the ecosystems?
13. Example of secondary consumer
14. What is at the beginning of a food chain?
15. Which of the following can be both primary and secondary consumers?
16. Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
17. The jaguar can be found in the Amazon Rainforest. Jaguars are known to eat more than 85 species of prey, including armadillos, deer, squirrels, fish, and turtles. When the jaguar eats an armadillo, what is the role of the jaguar in the food chain?
18. Organisms at the bottom of an energy pyramid have the ..... amount of energy.
19. Evidence is .....
20. Plants release water vapor into the air through their leaves, this is called
21. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of purified water to be evaporated.
22. What is the ecological term for a group of different types of organisms that live together and interact with each other?
23. Abiotic factors DO NOT affect an ecosystem
24. Which of the following examples would result in an inversion of a pyramid of numbers?
25. The arrows in a food chain or food web represents what?
26. A complex system of overlapping food chains is called a(n)
27. This biome has low biodiversity is arid and arctic and has poor soil quality
28. What is a biological rhythm?
29. If krill is a primary food source for a local population of whales, which will most likely happen to the whales if the krill population suddenly doubles?
30. What is a detritivore?
31. Which of these is the greatest limiting factor for plants on the forest floor?
32. A group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area
33. What type of relationship is this:The oxpecker rides onthe back of rhinoseating off the ticksand alerting the rhinosto predators.
34. Which pair of organisms listed below are competitors for the same natural resources?
35. Which of the following is an example of mutualism?
36. Parts of the seed that becomes the stem of the plant
37. The study of the interactions that take place among the living organisms and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
38. A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.
39. Makes its own food
40. Which factor is an abiotic factor?
41. Which of the following are biotic factors?
42. Fossil fuels are
43. Which of the following symbiotic relationships is considered parasitic?
44. Who coined the term Biocoenosis
45. What are the 3 main cycles in the environment?
46. Which biome is located in the Eastern US and has deciduous trees?
47. ..... is not a part of the digestive system.
48. Predators can increase species diversity.
49. Which level of organization is made up of several organisms of the same species
50. Refers to the temperature and amount of rainfall in a particular environment.
51. How is acid rain formed?
52. Which process is part of the hydrologic cycle?
53. The carrying capacity for a population is .....
54. Detritivores do this
55. What are vulnerable or candidate species?
56. These organisms break down decaying biotic wastes and then return the materials to the ecosystem.
57. You should throw your rubbish in a .....
58. Organism that breaks down dead plants & animals and releases nitrogen back into atmosphere
59. This biome has almost no biodiversity is arid and has very poor soil quality
60. Which of the following best describes an organism's environment?
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