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Ecology Quiz 52 (60 MCQs)

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1. Members of different species that live in the same area and interact are called a(n) .....
2. An organism that hunts other animals is a .....
3. Sun and soil are examples of
4. A forest (or biome) that is characterized by trees that shed their leaves in the fall is known as what?
5. A producer (producer) can create food using which process?
6. This biome has very little precipitation and is usually hot during the day and cold at night
7. Includes resource limitations and are triggered by increasing population density
8. Which of the following is an example of a bird interacting with an abiotic factor?
9. The queen bee in a hive is the only female who lays .....
10. Are prokaryotes multicellular or unicellular?
11. All the non-living components of the environment are known as the
12. What is the energy source for the water cycle?
13. A dead leaf is considered .....
14. The particular role an organism plays in an ecosystem.
15. All of the biotic and abiotic factors in an area make up the .....
16. Which of the following is not a desirable way of conservation?
17. Are forests where the seasons change. The leaves change color in the autumn and fall off in the winter. Summers are warm and winters are cold.
18. A type of consumer that eats both meat and plants is called a .....
19. Which zone receives sufficient amount of lights for photosynthesis?
20. A species that is not native to an area is called:
21. Animals compete for:
22. The group of all the populations in an area.
23. Network of all food in an ecosystem
24. A relationship where both organisms benefit. cow and egret.
25. Which of the following is NOT a limiting factor?
26. The first organism in a food chain is called the
27. An organism that has an unusually large effect on an ecosystem is called a(n)
28. Scientists use a model called a ..... to show the amount of energy that is available in each step of a food chain.
29. A certain fungus can be harmful when it infects the outermost layers of the human foot, while another type of fungus can be beneficial when it recycles nutrients by breaking down dead organisms. Which terms identify these two roles of fungi?
30. This entity will be the first one to colonize a bare rock
31. Large-scale deforestation in tropical areas has occurred to:
32. What is the process in the nitrogen cycle that returns nitrogen back into the atmosphere?
33. A ..... is all the living and nonliving things around you.
34. ..... is a group of the same species in a community.
35. A limitation of biological pyramids is that organisms have to be
36. When BOTH species/organisms BENEFIT from the relationship (bees and flower)
37. A remora eats food debris left over by a turtle. The turtle is not affected in anyway, but the remora gets a free meal.
38. If one group of organisms is destroyed in a food web, it is possible that the whole food web will be affected.
39. Because increased carbon in the atmosphere traps heat in Earth's atmosphere, what is the name of the process that is intensified?
40. A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect
41. Which is an example of interspecific competition
42. It is the upper limit of the biosphere
43. Which is the best description of an ecosystem?
44. Events that take place in a biome are shown in the diagram below. What information is represented in the diagram?
45. What is an animal that only eats meat called?
46. Factors in the environment that affect populations regardless of their density (examples:temperature, weather)
47. Organic renewable resources come from living things
48. Represents a single pathway through which energy and matter flow
49. Which kind of growth does the human population follow? It is described as a J-shaped curve.
50. All of the following are threats to biodiversity EXCEPT
51. What does biodiversity mean?
52. A group of the same type of organisms living in the same place at the same time.
53. Aquatic biome that covers 3/4 of earth
54. Which biotic factor will have the greatest impact on the number of field mice living in a field?
55. Random changes in the DNA are-
56. Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are all forms of .....
57. To carry out ..... algae amd plants need sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water
58. It is the study of land-based ecosystems along with the interactions of their communities of plants and animals.
59. In an ecosystem, a producer:
60. The clownfish makes a home in the sea anemone and the sea anemone get food from the clownfish. This is .....
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