This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In an energy pyramid, which part of the food chain has the largest population? A) Primary consumer. B) Tertiary consumer. C) Producer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer. 2. Primary consumer, Secondary Consumers, and Tertiary consumers are classified as what? A) Autotrophs. B) Heterotrophs. C) Producers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heterotrophs. 3. Which is an organism that eats dead organic material? A) Herbivore. B) Detritivore. C) Producer. D) Carnivorous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detritivore. 4. Which of the following is the term for this definition "the movement of individuals out of a population" ? A) Immigration. B) Limiting Factor. C) Emigration. D) Carrying Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emigration. 5. A living thing that portrays the basic characteristics of life A) Community. B) Organism. C) Ecosystem. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organism. 6. Glycerol and fatty acids are the monomers of A) Carbohydrates. B) Proteins. C) Nucleic Acids. D) Lipids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lipids. 7. A rabbit eats grass, a snake eats the rabbit, a fox eats the snake, a coyote eats the fox ..... the grass is A) A tertiary producer. B) A heterotroph. C) An autotroph. D) A consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An autotroph. 8. Two or more different species interacting and living in an area. A) Community. B) Microhanitat. C) Habitat. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 9. Which of the following is NOT a natural factor that disrupts the ecosystem? A) Earthquakes. B) Extreme temperatures. C) Pollution. D) Floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 10. Commensalism is where one organism is benefiting and the other organism is ..... A) Hurt. B) Harmed. C) Helped. D) Not effected. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not effected. 11. Organisms that eat both producers and consumers A) Omnivores. B) Herbivores. C) Scavengers. D) Carnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omnivores. 12. Which of these are ways that animals will use to conserve energy during the winter? A) Find a cabin with a fire place. B) Grow more fur. C) Take a long trip to find food (migrate). D) Hibernate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hibernate. 13. This biome's soil can be described as permafrost A) Taiga. B) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tundra. 14. This biome is is the hottest biome and has very little water. A) Grassland. B) Savanna. C) Desert. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 15. Which would result in primary succession? A) Volcano destroying habitat leaving only soil and ash. B) Tornado destroying a crop leaving very little soil. C) Glacier retreating exposing bare rock. D) Limiting factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glacier retreating exposing bare rock. 16. When we say that a species adapts to changes in the environment, we mean that: A) The species becomes extinct. B) The species has to move to a new environment. C) The species adjusts and copes with the changes. D) The species is completely unaffected by the changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The species adjusts and copes with the changes. 17. Primary succession occurs in an area that has: A) Has Soil. B) Has No Soil. C) Has Some Soil. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has No Soil. 18. The average weather in an area over a long period of time A) Climate. B) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. 19. In a food web, arrows point at: A) Who gets energy. B) Who gets eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who gets energy. 20. A non-living physical or chemical part of an ecosystem A) Respiration. B) Abiotic factor. C) Transpiration. D) Biotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic factor. 21. One organism benefits and the other is hurt A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 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. A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 23. Using less water is one way to practice water ..... A) Filtration. B) Distribution. C) Conservation. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conservation. 24. An extensive drought in the plains threatens wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, and springbok populations. A) Density-Independent. B) Density-Dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Density-Independent. 25. Which of the following is an abiotic part of an ecosystem? A) Wolf catching and eating a rabbit. B) Sunlight warming the surface of a rock. C) Trees forming symbiotic relationships with fungus. D) A pod of whales swimming together in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight warming the surface of a rock. 26. What does a Primary (1st-order) Consumer eat? A) Secondary Consumers. B) Nothing. C) Tertiary Consumers. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producers. 27. Which of the following best describes weather? A) Day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. B) Long-term conditions (months/years) of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. 28. No living thing can survive without ..... A) Water. B) Plant. C) Temperature. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 29. The FIRST species to colonize in an ecosystem A) Pioneer Species. B) Deforestation. C) Secondary Succession. D) Primary Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pioneer Species. 30. Who is the tertiary consumer in the Yellowstone Ecosystem? A) Deer. B) Wolves. C) Aspen Trees. D) Coyotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wolves. 31. One or more communities in an area and the abiotic factors, including water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil is an ecosystem. A) Population. B) Species. C) Ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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? A) Restoring a natural habitat. B) Wildfire rangers minimizing disturbances. C) A lumber company clearing a forest. D) Preventing deer from depleting food resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A lumber company clearing a forest. 33. Cabbage butterfly caterpillars develop a way to break down this defense A) Camo. B) Predator adaption. C) Predator. D) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predator adaption. 34. Ecosystems include both biotic and abiotic factors in an area. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. The natural place of an organism or community is known as A) Biome. B) Habit. C) Niche. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat. 36. Organisms that create their own food using energy from the sun A) Primary consumer. B) Tertiary consumer. C) Autotroph. D) Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autotroph. 37. A biome is ..... A) The entire planet. B) A specific environment, such as the Saharan Desert or Everglades. C) A type of environment, such as a Savannah or Rainforest. D) All of the Biotic factors living in a specific environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A type of environment, such as a Savannah or Rainforest. 38. Biotic organisms that feast on dead material A) Zombies. B) Carnivores. C) Omnivores. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 39. Any living (or once living) factors or organisms in an ecosystem is called a(n) A) Biotic factor. B) Biosphere. C) Biodiversity. D) Abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic factor. 40. Density Independent Factor:definition A) Population changing factors that occur regardless of how dense the population is. B) Population changing factors that occur in very dense populations. C) Population changing factors that occur in very small populations. D) Population changing factors that occur in very large populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population changing factors that occur regardless of how dense the population is. 41. Which of the following is an example of a living thing? (Biotic factor) A) A rock. B) Air. C) Water. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteria. 42. A place where an organism lives that supports its requirement for life. A) Community. B) Niche. C) Habitat. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat. 43. The process of using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar and oxygen is called ..... ? A) Chlorophyll. B) Transportation. C) Photosynthesis. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 44. A living thing that needs to eat other living things A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Decoposer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumer. 45. What is a mass extinction? A) When all the species in a particular area on earth suddenly go extinct. B) When multiple species from all over the earth suddenly go extinct. C) When one species goes extinct due to habitat changes. D) When all life on earth is wiped out. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When multiple species from all over the earth suddenly go extinct. 46. The place in which an organism lives A) Population. B) Habitat. C) Ecosystem. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 47. Adaptations that involve how an organism behaves A) Structural. B) Behavioral. C) Functional. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Behavioral. 48. The role and location an organism has in an environment is its A) Position. B) Station. C) Niche. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 49. What protects the earth from dangerous rays? A) The Ozone layer. B) Clouds. C) Radiation. D) Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Ozone layer. 50. The different kinds of living things in an ecosystem: A) Biome. B) Symbiosis. C) Biodiversity. D) Ecoplace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 51. The building blocks of a habitat consist of ..... factors. A) Social. B) Environmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental. 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? A) A population. B) A community. C) A biome. D) An ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ecosystem. 53. The struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources A) Competition. B) Symbiosis. C) Prey. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competition. 54. Bacteria are..... A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposers. 55. An organism that feeds on dead organic material and adds nutrients to the soil: A) Producer. B) Herbivore. C) Decoposer. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decoposer. 56. A producer is a (n) ..... A) Autotroph. B) Oscartroph. C) Omnitroph. D) Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autotroph. 57. Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called? A) Biotopes. B) Ecozones. C) Biomes. D) Biodomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biomes. 58. Which one is bigger? A) Cell. B) Molecule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cell. 59. What would most likely happen if an ecosystem no longer received sunlight? A) The number of herbivores would increase. B) The number of plants would increase. C) All living organisms would eventually die. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All living organisms would eventually die. 60. Wood, leaves, and manure belong to a group of renewable energy sources called ..... A) Biomass. B) Solar. C) Fossil fuels. D) Hydropower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesEcology Quiz 1Ecology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 5Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books