Ecology Quiz 21 (60 MCQs)

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1. In an energy pyramid, which part of the food chain has the largest population?
2. Primary consumer, Secondary Consumers, and Tertiary consumers are classified as what?
3. Which is an organism that eats dead organic material?
4. Which of the following is the term for this definition "the movement of individuals out of a population" ?
5. A living thing that portrays the basic characteristics of life
6. Glycerol and fatty acids are the monomers of
7. A rabbit eats grass, a snake eats the rabbit, a fox eats the snake, a coyote eats the fox ..... the grass is
8. Two or more different species interacting and living in an area.
9. Which of the following is NOT a natural factor that disrupts the ecosystem?
10. Commensalism is where one organism is benefiting and the other organism is .....
11. Organisms that eat both producers and consumers
12. Which of these are ways that animals will use to conserve energy during the winter?
13. This biome's soil can be described as permafrost
14. This biome is is the hottest biome and has very little water.
15. Which would result in primary succession?
16. When we say that a species adapts to changes in the environment, we mean that:
17. Primary succession occurs in an area that has:
18. The average weather in an area over a long period of time
19. In a food web, arrows point at:
20. A non-living physical or chemical part of an ecosystem
21. One organism benefits and the other is hurt
22. Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then, the honey guide birds eat as well.
23. Using less water is one way to practice water .....
24. An extensive drought in the plains threatens wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, and springbok populations.
25. Which of the following is an abiotic part of an ecosystem?
26. What does a Primary (1st-order) Consumer eat?
27. Which of the following best describes weather?
28. No living thing can survive without .....
29. The FIRST species to colonize in an ecosystem
30. Who is the tertiary consumer in the Yellowstone Ecosystem?
31. One or more communities in an area and the abiotic factors, including water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil is an ecosystem.
32. Humans are part of the ecosystem and therefore impact it. Which of the following events in an ecosystem may produce a negative effect?
33. Cabbage butterfly caterpillars develop a way to break down this defense
34. Ecosystems include both biotic and abiotic factors in an area.
35. The natural place of an organism or community is known as
36. Organisms that create their own food using energy from the sun
37. A biome is .....
38. Biotic organisms that feast on dead material
39. Any living (or once living) factors or organisms in an ecosystem is called a(n)
40. Density Independent Factor:definition
41. Which of the following is an example of a living thing? (Biotic factor)
42. A place where an organism lives that supports its requirement for life.
43. The process of using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar and oxygen is called ..... ?
44. A living thing that needs to eat other living things
45. What is a mass extinction?
46. The place in which an organism lives
47. Adaptations that involve how an organism behaves
48. The role and location an organism has in an environment is its
49. What protects the earth from dangerous rays?
50. The different kinds of living things in an ecosystem:
51. The building blocks of a habitat consist of ..... factors.
52. A student makes the following list of things she sees in her backyard:squirrels, birds, worms, trees, rocks, pink plastic flamingo and flowers. What does this list describe?
53. The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources
54. Bacteria are.....
55. An organism that feeds on dead organic material and adds nutrients to the soil:
56. A producer is a (n) .....
57. Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?
58. Which one is bigger?
59. What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight?
60. Wood, leaves, and manure belong to a group of renewable energy sources called .....