Global MCQ Practice

🌐 Total MCQ
🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books

Ecology Quiz 4 (60 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. Symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
2. A relationship between two organisms where both organisms are helped is known as .....
3. Which of the following are fossil fuels?
4. What happens to the energy at each trophic level in the energy pyramid?
5. What is the symbiotic relationship called which one organism is helped and the other organism is neither harmed nor helped?
6. This biome receives less than ten inches of rainfall per year, and is very hot.
7. Which biome has four distinct seasons, a moderate amount of precipitation, and the trees lose their leaves during winter?
8. Which of the following directly use the Sun's energy to produce their own food?
9. The global ecosystem that contains all life:
10. Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales.
11. A relationship where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed is called ..... Dogs and fleas are an example of this.
12. There are many large-mouth bass, a type of fish, living in a small lake near Waco, Texas. How would increased fishing in the lake effect the lake ecosystem?
13. The Savannah would be considered what biome?
14. Which is faster:Primary or Secondary Succession?
15. Where and when an organisms feeds is a behavioral factor that helps define its niche.
16. The diagram represents different levels of a marine energy pyramid. Between which two levels is the greatest amount of energy transferred?
17. The symbiotic relationship between a flower and the insect that feeds on its nectar is most likely an example of
18. The area on Earth where all life exists is called the
19. Which of the following organisms from the Amazon Rainforest is able to produce its own food?
20. Organisms that break down dead plant and animal matter into simpler compounds
21. Takara says that all insects are consumers. Which of the following would support Takara's statement?
22. What best describes the term succession?
23. Which energy level is a single pathway?
24. Which process is considered to be a part of the carbon cycle?
25. The rivalry between organisms for resources such as food, water, shelter, mates, etc.
26. As energy flows through an ecological pyramid .....
27. Over time, useful traits such as long legs become more common in a population of wading birds as a result of
28. Many populations together make a
29. One species benefits, the other species is harmed
30. An abiotic or biotic factor that controls the number of individuals within a population
31. What does a Primary Consumer eat?
32. The number and range of different species found in an ecosystem are called its
33. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species.
34. What is an example of a collection source?
35. Net primary productivity (NPP) is
36. If the population of grizzly bears gradually increases over time, which of the following will most likely occur?
37. An organization that creates its own food:
38. The following diagrams represent a pyramid of numbers for two different ecosystems. What is the tertiary consumer for the aquatic ecosystem?
39. What law best relates to energy loss within an ecosystem?
40. After a volcanic eruption, volcanic rock is present (but no soil). Which of the following states the most likely order of succession that would be seen?
41. What Tundra Has The Polar Bear?
42. Which are examples of abiotic factors?
43. A population is .....
44. A semi-enclosed area where fresh water from a river meets salty water from the sea.
45. ..... is a particular area where an animal, plant, or organism lives.
46. A relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is harmed is called .....
47. In a large Maine forest with many animals and lots of space, there are only a small number of bears. Which of these most likely limits the population of bears in the forest?
48. For a given species, the maximum rate of increase per individual under ideal condition is
49. Which answer best describes a decomposser?
50. Factors plants compete for include:
51. ONE organism gets HELPED in the relationship and the other is HARMED
52. What is another name for consumers?
53. Plants under direct sunlight are known as
54. Two animals, one benefits, the other is not affected.
55. Increasing business, cultural and other contacts between countries
56. As resources become less available the growth of a population
57. Animals that eat plants and trees.
58. The study of interactions that take place among organisms and their environment.
59. A food web shows how energy flows through an ecosystem.
60. Who is considered to be the "Father of Evolution" ?
🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books