Ecology Quiz 58 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation?
2. Which of the following is NOT a limiting factor that might affect a population of chimpanzees?
3. Under which condition would a population most likely increase?
4. World Earth summit 2012 held in?
5. Parts of the seed that become the first leaves
6. Difference between parasite and host
7. Concerning the balance of pollutants in the biosphere
8. Carnivores eat this
9. An example of producer consumer relationship would be
10. What is mass effect?
11. Southern Africa would be considered what biome?
12. In an ecosystem, ..... factors determine the carrying capacity of an environment and limit a population's growth and size.
13. What is the chemical in plants' leaves that performs photosynthesis and causes plants to be a green color?
14. Choose the correct process described:Plants and animals break down sugars and metabolize them into CO2, water and ATP for energy
15. What defines an organism that is not native to the area it lives in and has negative effects in some way?
16. An ..... consists of all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and their interactions
17. The relationship parasitism causes disease, and slows how quickly or a large a population can grow.
18. Which compound does NOT contain carbon atoms?
19. The greenhouse effect affects life on Earth by
20. What is the area where a polar bear lives called?
21. What is made up of all populations in an area?
22. A consumer that hunts is called:
23. Mimicry, camouflage, and warning colors are examples of
24. What role do you play in the food web?
25. What is the correct scientific term for all the different species in a habitat?
26. Represents multiple pathways through which energy and matter flow
27. A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed
28. If grass stores 1, 000 energy units received from the sun and the trophic levels are grass$\rightarrow$cow$\rightarrow$human, how many units of energy does the human receive of the original 1, 000 units?
29. What is the cycle that is the movement of water between various reservoirs?
30. Any factor that limits population growth
31. Hunting is an environmental management tool that helps control wildlife populations. Hunting is an example of
32. Primary consumers are herbivores
33. A food web can be broken down into several seperate
34. Which is not a biome found in North America?
35. A climatogram measures:
36. The number of births compared to the total number of people in a population
37. What happens at you go UP the energy pyramid?
38. How are sharks and dolphins similar and different?
39. Grass the gains energy from the sun is an example of a .....
40. Aquatic animals that swim
41. Gas that makes up almost 80% of Earth's atmosphere
42. An organism that feeds on dead or decaying plant or animal remains
43. Rabbits introduced into Australia over 100 years ago have become a serious pest to farmers. Rabbit populations increases so much that they displaced many native species of plant eaters. What is the most logical explanation for their increased numbers?
44. Which biome has very high soil quality good for growing corn and wheat?
45. What are the species with high resistance called?
46. Nitrogen is the most plentiful gas in the atmosphere.
47. Biodiversity is the ..... of life and very important to the sustainability of the .....
48. The relationship between organisms where they help each other
49. This biome has 4 seasons with hot summers, cold winters, and the leaves change colors in the fall.
50. The specific role or way of life of a species within its environment
51. Which statement about producers is true?
52. When the wolf population declined to zero, it caused a negative effect on all other populations in the food chain
53. A diagram that shows how energy is transferred from one organism to another
54. What are two ways in which the environment can influence population size?
55. The place where an organism lives out its life.
56. A sharks powerful jaws
57. Which one of the following keystone examples is a keystone predator found in the tidal pools of northwestern North America and was the species that launched Robert Paine's keystone species concept?
58. Which human activity would most likely deplete nonrenewable resources?
59. In ecology, how is a "community" different from a "population?"
60. When two different species require the same resources we may observe .....