This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 37 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who introduced the term population to science? A) Russian scientist S. Severtsev. B) English biologist R.T. Hudson. C) German scientist N.A. Andersen. D) Russian soil scientist. E) Danish biologist, geneticist VL Johansen. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Danish biologist, geneticist VL Johansen. 2. Condensation forms ..... in the cool atmosphere. A) Tornadoes. B) Wind. C) Lightning. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clouds. 3. Is sugar (C12H22O11) an element or a compound? A) Element. B) Compound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 4. Parasitism is when ..... A) One organism in a relationship benefits while the other is harmed. B) Both organisms benefit. C) One organism benefits while the other isn't effected. D) A brick wall stands in the way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One organism in a relationship benefits while the other is harmed. 5. Plants release water into the atmosphere by A) Transpiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Perspiration. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transpiration. 6. Organisms that have low death rates during early and middle life with an increase in death rates in older age groups have a type ..... survivorship curve. A) I. B) II. C) III. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 7. A biotic factors is: A) A non-living organic molecule affecting and ecosystem. B) A non-living factor affecting ecosystems such as sunlight. C) A living factor that affects ecosystems such as the number of prey available. D) A living molecule affecting an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A living factor that affects ecosystems such as the number of prey available. 8. What does a food web represent? A) The specific ways that mutualism is carried out. B) A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. C) How carnivores get their food. D) All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat. 9. What is a transect? A) A line used to help find out how organisms are distributed. B) The distribution of an organism. C) An insect. D) A square frame enclosing a known area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A line used to help find out how organisms are distributed. 10. An organism that uses what scavengers leave behind is a A) Omnivore. B) Carnivore. C) Decoposer. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decoposer. 11. In an exponential growth model, the line resembles a/an ..... A) L. B) J. C) S. D) V. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) J. 12. Which of the following is a grassland area in Central Africa with only a few trees like in the Lion King? A) Temperate Grassland. B) Temperate Forest. C) Taiga. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Savanna. 13. ..... is the study of the relationship between organisms and thier environment. A) Healthy. B) Food chain. C) Ecology. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 14. The continous sequence of natural processes by which nitrogen in the atmosphere and nitrogenous compounds in the soil are converted ..... A) Nitrogen cycle. B) Sulphur cycle. C) Water cycle. D) Carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen cycle. 15. Prairies and savannas are two examples of this land biome? A) Tundra. B) Grassland. C) Desert. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grassland. 16. Why are organisms so well adapted to the biome in which they live? A) They have quickly changed their biological make up to suit their environments. B) They have slowly evolved to adapt to their environment. C) They have killed off other, better-adapted species. D) They have migrated to that biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have slowly evolved to adapt to their environment. 17. A place where several groups of different animals live together with their nonliving factors is called a(n) ..... A) Community. B) Species. C) Population. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 18. The roots of some plant species have a special coating to help resist rotting in extremely wet weather. In which environment is it most beneficial for plants to have rot-resistant roots? A) Tropical Rainforest. B) Temperate Deciduous Forest. C) Taiga. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical Rainforest. 19. In ecology, what is population density? A) The number of abiotic factors in an area. B) The amount of producers in one area. C) The number of organisms living in an area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of organisms living in an area. 20. Shows a complex network of feeding relationships A) Food chain. B) Food web. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food web. 21. What is the process of combining nitrogen gas with other elements to make nitrogen into usable compounds? A) Denitrification. B) Nitrogen fixation. C) Ammonia. D) Nitrogen composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen fixation. 22. One individual within a species A) Organism. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism. 23. Releases more CO2, increasing greenhouse gases which could lead to climate change. A) Fertilizer runoff. B) Pesticides. C) Beach erosion. D) Burning fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning fossil fuels. 24. The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment. A) Ecosystem. B) Histology. C) Microbiology. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecology. 25. A group of giraffes living in one area are apart of a A) Population. B) Biome. C) Biosphere. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 26. Which animal (s) would a desert have living in it? A) Flamingo. B) Scorpion. C) Leopard gecko. D) Zebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leopard gecko. 27. A disease resulting in the deaths of one-third of a dense population of bats in a cave would likely be a A) Density-independent factor. B) Result of exponential growth. C) Density-dependent factor. D) Nutrient limiting factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Density-dependent factor. 28. Bees get nectar and pollen from flowers for food, and they spread pollen from flower to flower to create more plants. This is an example of: A) Decomposition. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutualism. 29. What type of relationship occurs when two species fight over limited resources? A) Commensalism. B) Competition. C) Predation. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competition. 30. Which ecological nutrient cycle relies on photosynthesis and respiration? A) Carbon Cycle. B) Nitrogen Cycle. C) Phosphorus Cycle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon Cycle. 31. An animal that is at or near the top of the food chain A) Secondary Consumer. B) Primary Consumer. C) Tertiary Consumer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary Consumer. 32. Always (mnij) plastic bottles so as they take less space. A) Turn. B) Crumple. C) Plant. D) Save. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crumple. 33. What do all living organisms depend on? A) Air, water and food. B) Shelter, air and food. C) Water, air and clothing. D) Food, water and community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Air, water and food. 34. What is the main source of energy for the entire planet? A) Crops. B) Sunlight. C) Magnetic fields. D) The ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 35. Which biome consists of lakes, rivers, and streams and only includes 3% of the Earth's water? A) Marine open ocean. B) Freshwater. C) Marine coastal. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freshwater. 36. Fossil fuel-fossil fuel frost-frost A) Right. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 37. What is an herbivore? A) An organism that only eats plants for energy. B) An organism that eats animals for energy. C) An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An organism that only eats plants for energy. 38. TRUE or FALSE:An ecosystem contains only biotic factors. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 39. Which of the following is the best definition for estuary? A) Narrow band of coastline that exists between high and low tide. B) Areas along the coast where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean. C) Flowing fresh water containing rapids. D) Freshwater aquatic areas that are saturated by water for at least part of the year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Areas along the coast where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean. 40. A vulture is an example of a A) Detritivore. B) Omnivore. C) Scavenger. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scavenger. 41. The dishes are dirty. Please ..... them. A) Take. B) Wash. C) Wet. D) Dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wash. 42. Aquatic organisms that crawl. A) Nekton. B) Benthos. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benthos. 43. An inverted pyramid of numbers and an inverted pyramid of biomass are respectively seen in? A) Sea and tree ecosystem. B) Tree and sea ecosystem. C) Sea and grass ecosystem. D) Tree and grassland ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tree and sea ecosystem. 44. What organism takes in the carbon that animals breathe out A) Omnivores. B) Heterotrophs. C) Plants. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plants. 45. One of the main causes of biodiversity loss is? A) Habitat fragmentation. B) Invasive species. C) Climate change. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat fragmentation. 46. A heterotroph means? A) Feeds on other organisms. B) 8 legged. C) Feeds itself. D) 2 word name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeds on other organisms. 47. What is the primary source of light and food energy on Earth? A) The Stars. B) The Moon. C) The Sun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Sun. 48. What is the main source of energy for producers? A) Oxygen gas. B) Carbon dioxide gas. C) Sunlight. D) Inorganic substances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 49. Many types of animals like the bear store up fat during the warm summer months and then hibernate during the cold winter months. Hibernation is a common adaptation of animals in which biome? A) Temperate deciduous forest. B) Tropical rain forest. C) Savanna. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperate deciduous forest. 50. Mistletoe is a plant that grows in the branches of other plants. It grows by taking nutrients and water from these plants. This is an example of: A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Amensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasitism. 51. In this type of symbiotic relationship both species benefit from each other A) Parasitism. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 52. Limitations of ecological pyramids involve all these statements, except A) They assume a simple food chain and do not consider food webs. B) In the ecological pyramids, saprotrophs are not given any place. C) They do not take into account the same species belonging to two or more trophic levels. D) They do not represent relationships between organisms at different trophic levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They do not represent relationships between organisms at different trophic levels. 53. Mushrooms, bacteria and mold are types of ..... A) Herbivores. B) Scavengers. C) Carnivores. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 54. If a scientist in New Zealand was studying how a group of herbivores interacted with a group of omnivores, and all of their abiotic surroundings, what level of ecology would she be studying? A) Ecosystem. B) Biome. C) Community. D) Population. E) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. 55. What animals prey on other animals? A) Autotrophs. B) Herbivores. C) Carnivores. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carnivores. 56. A group of the same organisms living together in the same place at the same time is: A) A community. B) An organism. C) A biome. D) A population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A population. 57. What is a subatomic particle? A) The lowest level of organization. B) A neutron, electron, or proton. C) The highest level of organization. D) A thing smaller than an atom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The lowest level of organization. 58. Where does nitrogen move? A) In human bodies. B) In buildings. C) Between animals, bacteria, plants, and the atmosphere. D) Only in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Between animals, bacteria, plants, and the atmosphere. 59. Group of the same species. A) Community. B) Ecosystem. C) Population. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 60. After 1995, how did the river landscape change? A) Rivers had strong edges, low erosion, and high flow. B) Rivers had weak edges, high erosion, and low flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rivers had strong edges, low erosion, and high flow. ← 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