This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 33 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is true regarding mangroves? A) There must be a freshwater input into a mangrove in order for plant life to survive. B) Mangroves contain rapids that allow for the mixing of water and air making it a highly productive ecosystem. C) Mangrove plants are salt tolerant and protect the shoreline from erosion. D) Mangroves have an aphotic zone that has little photosynthetic activity occurring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mangrove plants are salt tolerant and protect the shoreline from erosion. 2. What does every food chain start with? A) Sun. B) Decoposer. C) Consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producer. 3. The concept that predators can affect the size and distribution of other animals is known as A) Predation. B) Limitation. C) Herbivory. D) Tolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predation. 4. It is possible for a carnivore to also be a producer. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. All food chains must start off with: A) A primary consumer. B) Microorganisms. C) A producer. D) A secondary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A producer. 6. A hookworm consumes nutrients and water from within the intestines of its host. This is an example of: A) Decomposition. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 7. What is the defintion of a population? A) A living thing. B) A single organism. C) All the organisms of one species in a habitat. D) All the different species living in a habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the organisms of one species in a habitat. 8. Mutualism is where A) Both benefit. B) One benefits, the other is harmed. C) Neither benefit. D) One benefits and the other is neither harmed or benefits. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both benefit. 9. The position an organism holds in a food chain A) Energy source. B) Food level. C) Trophic level. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trophic level. 10. The primary cause of the introduction of invasive species is ..... A) Too much food. B) Weather events. C) Humans bringing them over. D) Asteroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans bringing them over. 11. Water / air pollution A) Wrong. B) Right. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Right. 12. What growth allows for unrestricted population growth that follows a J-shaped curve? A) Logistical Growth. B) Exponential Growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exponential Growth. 13. What is the main gas in our atmosphere? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen. 14. Nitrogen in the soil has been fixed by bacteria. It is now available for use by ..... A) Fungi. B) The water cycle. C) Humans. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plants. 15. Which of these does NOT put carbon back into the atmosphere? A) Respiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Decomposition. D) Combustion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 16. What type of symbiosis? *Honeyguide birds find a bee hive, then chatter loudly to attract the Honey badger. They fly toward the hive making sure the badger is following. *Upon arrival at the bee hive, the badger tears open the hive and feasts on the honey. Then the Honeyguide bird feeds on the remaining wax and larvae. A) Parasitism. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 17. This biome is characterized as having cold winters and warm summers, trees that lose their leaves, and includes animals such as deer, black bears, and blue jay ..... A) Gatlinburg. B) Temperate Forest/Deciduous Forest. C) Forest. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate Forest/Deciduous Forest. 18. The role of an organism in its habitat (how it makes its living) is called: A) Job. B) Adaptation. C) Niche. D) Trait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 19. Which shows a biotic factor interacting with an abiotic factor A) A fish swimming in water. B) A deer sleeping. C) A baby crying. D) A lion eating a zebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fish swimming in water. 20. What do the arrows in a food pyramid represent? A) The flow of energy. B) An autotrophic relationship. C) Decomposers. D) The loss of energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The flow of energy. 21. A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed is known as ..... A) Mutualism. B) A Parasitic Relationship. C) Commensalism. D) A Competition Relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Parasitic Relationship. 22. Food chains and food webs are models in science which visually show us the different relationships within an ecosystem. The primary difference between the food chain and the food web is ..... A) Food chain shows how energy is stored. B) A food web shows how energy is used. C) A food chain is a combination of different food webs. D) A food web is a complex system of food chains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A food web is a complex system of food chains. 23. What would be a good example of a primary consumer? A) Decoposer. B) Detrivorous. C) Herbivore. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivore. 24. How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next? A) 10%. B) 50%. C) 100%. D) 1%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 25. Appears to be the ..... A) Maximum capacity. B) Logistical maximum. C) Absolute value. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying capacity. 26. As water cycles through an ecosystem, which process returns it to the atmosphere? A) Transpiration. B) Condensation. C) Hydrolysis. D) Cyclosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transpiration. 27. Ozone depleting substances (ods) A) Ozone depleting substances. B) The ozone hole. C) Ozone. D) Ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ozone depleting substances. 28. A synonym for the word "balance" is: A) Cash. B) Equilibrium. C) Environment. D) Entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equilibrium. 29. Consumer that eats plants: A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Producer. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 30. The end result of ecological succession is usually a(n) A) Land biome. B) Aquatic biome. C) Unstable community. D) Climax community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax community. 31. A biotic factor that limits the size of a population would be: A) Food. B) Weather. C) Water. D) Space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food. 32. A major regional or global community of organisms is a ..... A) Biome. B) Ecosystem. C) Population. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biome. 33. What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere? A) Temperature goes down. B) Temperature goes up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature goes up. 34. What is an example of an abiotic elements that may change an area? A) Introducing a new type of grass to the prairie. B) Uncontrollable mold growth on trees. C) Water flooding a prairie. D) Two birds species competing for nest habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water flooding a prairie. 35. Which gas do plants release, that humans depend on for survival? A) Sugar. B) Oxygen. C) Carbon Dioxide. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 36. Which is a product of photosynthesis? A) Nitrogen. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Water. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 37. A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching. A) All living things reproduce. B) All living things maintain homeostasis. C) All living things use energy. D) All living things grow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All living things reproduce. 38. In the ..... zone, the process of photosynthesis cannot occur. A) Aphotic. B) Photic. C) Pelagic. D) Wetlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aphotic. 39. Ecosystems change over time, especially after disturbances, as some species die out and new species move in. A) Species diversity. B) Ecological adaptation. C) Primary succession. D) Ecological succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecological succession. 40. Which is a density-dependent factor? A) Severe drought. B) Wildfire. C) Human infrastructure (cars). D) A deadly disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A deadly disease. 41. What is the defintion of an individual? A) A living thing. B) A single organism. C) All the organisms of one species in a habitat. D) All the different species living in a habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A single organism. 42. Which characteristic of water vapour classifies it as a greenhouse gas? A) It absorbs and then re-emits some of the long wave radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. B) It prevents short wave radiation from reaching the Earth's surface. C) It absorbs UV radiation but does not re-emit it. D) It absorbs infra-red radiation but does not re-emit it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It absorbs and then re-emits some of the long wave radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. 43. If there is more food than usual in an ecosystem, then ..... A) Populations will stay the same. B) Populations will decrease. C) Populations will increase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Populations will increase. 44. Tapeworm living inside an alpaca A) Competition. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) None of the abover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 45. ..... are composed out of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) A) Lipids. B) Proteins. C) Carbohydrates. D) Nucleic Acids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nucleic Acids. 46. Choose the right meaning:bottle A) Tin. B) Trash can. C) Bottle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bottle. 47. Which organism can best be described as a saprotroph? A) A fungus that digests its food externally and absorbs the products of digestion. B) A beetle that feeds by ingesting the dung of other animal species and digesting its food internally. C) A single-celled eukaryote that is able to photosynthesize and consumes smaller organisms by endocytosis. D) A giraffe that feeds by ingesting leaves from an acacia tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fungus that digests its food externally and absorbs the products of digestion. 48. Different birds have different beak structures. This is an example of: A) Mimicry. B) Variation. C) Instincts. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Variation. 49. An organisms Niche can be defined as A) The role its plays in the ecosystem. B) It's physical and biological requirements. C) The interactions between it and other organisms. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 50. Organisms adapted to a certain value of factors are called A) Stenobionts. B) Resistant. C) Tolerant. D) Weak. E) Parasites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tolerant. 51. Hyenas are at the bottom of the food chain. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. If there is a fire in a forest, there will be less ..... in the environment? A) Nitrogen. B) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxygen. 53. A group of deer is a ..... A) Organism. B) Population. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 54. What happens to energy after it has flowed through a food chain? A) It is used in respiration. B) It is lost as heat. C) It is recycled. D) It is stored in carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is lost as heat. 55. A nonnative organism that disrupts or changes the balance of an ecosystem A) Endangered species. B) Extinct species. C) Threatened species. D) Invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invasive species. 56. What is not true about marine life? A) Lives in water. B) Lives in salt water. C) Lives in freshwater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lives in freshwater. 57. The number and VARIETY of organisms in a given area during a specific period of time. A) Biodiversity. B) Biosphere. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 58. The area where the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean. Commonly has severe changes in salinity depending on the tides A) Mangrove Swamp. B) Lake. C) Estuary. D) Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estuary. 59. What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? A) Nitrogen. B) Helium. C) Hydrogen. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen. 60. Recycling of garbage, solid wastes and certain crops for generating energy has been accomplished already. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. ← 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