Ecology Quiz 51 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following organisms are typical decomposers?
2. The scientist who introduced the term "Ecology" first:
3. Consumes wastes and dead organisms
4. Deforestation does not cause animals to lose their habitats.
5. Silverfish live and hunt with army ants. They share the prey. They neither help nor harm the ants.
6. Limiting factors which impact the size of a population no matter how large that population is.
7. Which of the following are all biotic?
8. All ecosystems begin with the .....
9. Population Density:definition
10. The following are part of the carbon cycle EXCEPT .....
11. Incomplete combustion is combustion
12. How many species are found in a population?
13. What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?
14. Feed on both producers and consumers
15. The first trophic level of an ecosystem consists of:
16. A community is concerned about the water quality of a nearby lake. Increased sedimentation in the lake is endangering the native habitat. The increased sedimentation is most likely caused by which of the following?
17. If you visited a forest in 2015 and there was only small plants there when revisited in 2019, what likely happened?
18. He was the first person who studied the interactions between living things and their environment.
19. A ..... eats mainly other animals.
20. An organisms habitat provides
21. Which two factors can affect the rate in which photosynthesis occurs?
22. Precipitation that falls on land and soaks into the ground
23. I rely on eating other organisms for the energy I need to function since I can not make my own food.
24. In all food webs, ..... play the role of producers.
25. These are the materials that can be used for Brown Mix. Fall leaves, chipped tree branches, straw, sawdust, corn stalks, cardboard, dryer lint and used paper. There is one materials missing. What is it?
26. It is a biogeochemical cycle
27. Which of the following refers to all the organisms in a particular area?
28. An animal eaten by the predator.
29. If a frog is the prey, what could be the predator?
30. What is the study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment?
31. This is the type of biome in water
32. The BEST way to distinguish Primary Succession from Secondary Succession is .....
33. What might occur when a carnivore is removed from the food web?
34. Estuaries are areas where freshwater and saltwater will mix. Organisms found here would need to be adapted to deal with:
35. Carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere by
36. A lion and a hyena compete for the same food source, a gazelle. What is the relationship between the hyena and gazelle?
37. All the living things and nonliving things in a certain area.
38. Which of the following are basic needs for animals?
39. A relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed
40. Drones have stinger?
41. Which of the following lists biotic factors?
42. Factors in the environment that have an increasing effect as the population size increases (examples:disease, competition, parasites)
43. Arctic foxes are white in the winter to blend in with the snow. What adaptation is this?
44. T/F:Abiotic factors are an unimportant part of ecosystems.
45. A forest recovering from the ashes after a fire is an example of?
46. Classification of biotic factors:
47. A wolf cub came too close to a skunk, and was sprayed by its foul smelling chemical spray. Now, the wolf cub stays away from skunks. What type of behavior is this?
48. An organism that makes its own food by using sunlight or chemicals (also known as an producer) is called a
49. Ecology is the study of the ..... of organisms with the environment.
50. What type of symbiosis is this? *Hermit crabs find shells left by snails that have died and move in. * Snails die and leave behind their shells.
51. Plants such as the Venus Flytrap respond to stimuli such as touch. Which term refers to a plant's response to touch?
52. Another name for water is .....
53. All plants can use nitrogen in the atmophere
54. In the relationship between two species, each has a negative effect on the other, a type of ecological relationship.
55. A large, relatively distinct region with a similar climate, soil, plants, and animals
56. Reasoning is .....
57. Aquatic biomes in the ocean are called marine biomes.
58. A Viceroy butterfly looking like a bright colored poisonous Monarch butterfly is an example of .....
59. If several species of carnivores are removed from an ecosystem, the most likely effect on the ecosystem will be:
60. Are rivers, lakes, streams and ponds. They are home to animals like fish, frogs and birds. Many plants grow in or near