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Ecology Quiz 41 (60 MCQs)

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1. Biomes tend to be found at the same ..... ?
2. Groups of animals feed excessively from one area of land without letting the vegetation in that area fully recover. This is an example of
3. Carbon cycles through the biosphere in all of the following processes EXCEPT
4. Water, soil, light and temperature are an example of a(n) ..... species
5. A living thing that feeds on the wastes and remains of plants and animals.
6. The removal of the predator populations from an ecosystem would most likely result in
7. Stability within an ecosystem is achieved partially bythe presence of organisms that break down importantmolecules and make them available for otherorganisms to use. These organisms are
8. An organism that must eat another organism to get its energy.
9. Animals release ..... into the environment, which plants use for .....
10. European rabbits were released into the Australian wild in 1859. They had no predators and found plenty of grasses, roots, fruit and seeds to eat. Rabbits likely impacted the Australian ecosystem in all of the following ways EXCEPT-
11. Invasive species can .....
12. Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms.
13. The California condor, the mountain gorrila and the northern white rhinoceros are just a few examples of the world's most .....
14. Energy pyramid importance
15. Which type of ecosystem would be able to recover more quickly from a species going extinct?
16. How many coliforms are in dirty water?
17. A cow walking through a field and a bird eating the bugs it disturbs
18. The portion of the planet where life exists is termed the
19. What process occurs when tiny water droplets cling together in the atmosphere?
20. The top 200 meters of a body of water is known as the
21. An organism which is only found on ONE place on the planet is said to be .....
22. What type of symbiosis? *Snapping Shrimp have poor and depend on their goby fish roommate to give the danger signal when predators come and guide them back home if they wander too far. * Goby fish who don't have a place to hide are quickly eaten. They find a Snapping Shrimp roommate who digs a hole for both to live in.
23. Which of the following statements concerning a food web is INCORRECT?
24. Use a ..... to water your plants.
25. In which type of symbiotic relationship does the predator eat it's prey?
26. What adaptation does a musk ox have that allows it to survive in a cold climate.
27. The arrows in a food chain show
28. Why would an area be sparsely populated?
29. How do you calculate population growth?
30. In what type of relationship do both organisms benefit from the relationship?
31. Invasive species are:
32. Ecosystem of plants and animals that occur over wide areas of land within specific climate region recognized by their overall appearance
33. Boquete and other tropical mountain forests in Panama are amazing for
34. An organism, such as a green plant, that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create their own food.
35. What term describes a slow change in an environment?
36. A farmer plants corn in the same field every year. Each year his production of corn decreases. What abiotic factor is causing this?
37. Which level of organization is made up of several groups of different species
38. What level comes after order?
39. The type of consumer that eats primary consumers is a
40. Which pyramid can be inverted .....
41. When energy moves between trophic levels in an ecosystem what percentage of energy is lost due to heat?
42. The following diagrams represent a pyramid of numbers for two different ecosystems. What is the primary consumer for the terrestrial ecosystem?
43. Carrying Capacity is
44. A relationship between two species where one benefits while the other is harmed.
45. What is the main source of energy for any food chain?
46. Tapeworms enter the body of their host. They live by taking nutrients from the host organism. This is an example of
47. Are Climate Change and Global Warming the same thing?
48. These do not have a nucleus
49. What is labeled as 5?
50. Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment.
51. In an ecosystem, living things are called ..... factors and non-living things are called ..... factors.
52. What processes mean scientists have come to a consensus that global warming is real?
53. A detrtivore is:
54. What would a human that eats BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS be considered in a food chain?
55. A carnivore eats
56. An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that affects population regardless of their density
57. An example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem would be
58. Producer, primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers are considered what?
59. The "Three Rs" are "Reduce, Reuse, Renewables"
60. All the populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
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