This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 60 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Mutualism is a relationship where: A) Both species benefit. B) Both species are harmed. C) One species is benefited and the other is harmed. D) One species is benefited and the other is unaffected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both species benefit. 2. A airplane that looks like a bird in the sky is biotic. A) Abiotic. B) An airplane. C) True. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 3. Producers are generally found at the beginning of afood chain. Which statement best explains why thisis true? A) Producers are usually smaller in size thanconsumers. B) Producers do not rely on other organisms forfood. C) There are always more consumers thanproducers in food chains. D) Consumers are always more complexorganisms than producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers do not rely on other organisms forfood. 4. The place where an organism lives and obtains food, shelter and protection A) Population. B) Species. C) Habitat. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat. 5. Which one is the producer in an ocean food chain? A) Krill. B) Sun. C) Anemone. D) Seaweed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seaweed. 6. Natural disturbances, such as fires or hurricanes, can result in A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Succession. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Succession. 7. Which of these is a FALSE statement about monoculture? A) Easy for pests to destroy entire crop. B) Growing a large amount of one crop. C) Soil degrades quickly and requires fertilizers. D) A variety of crops are grown and rotated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A variety of crops are grown and rotated. 8. Water, air, soil, sunlight are: A) Abiotic, non-living. B) Biotic, non-living. C) Biotic, living. D) Abiotic, living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic, non-living. 9. Nonliving parts of an ecosystem A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factors. 10. Without other changes to a population, which of the following will cause a population to increase in size? A) The birth rate equals the death rate. B) The birth rate is less than the death rate. C) The birth rate is greater than the death rate. D) The birth rate and the death rate both equal 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The birth rate is greater than the death rate. 11. A goat eats vegetation, such as grass. A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Producer. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 12. Which organism must obtain glucose by consuming other organism? A) Producers. B) Autotrophs. C) Decomposers. D) Heterotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heterotrophs. 13. Which statement describes a situation that would reduce the stability of a forest ecosystem? A) A fierce predator is removed from theecosystem. B) The energy in the ecosystem flows from theSun. C) Organisms frequently interact within theecosystem. D) The number of producers remains constantin the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A fierce predator is removed from theecosystem. 14. This happens when pollution moves up a food chain. A) The appocolypse. B) Smelt. C) Over abundance of pollution. D) Biomagnification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomagnification. 15. A species that has been moved to an area that impacts the local ecosystem. A) Native. B) Invasive. C) Consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invasive. 16. An organism that consumes dead or decaying organisms for food is called a ..... A) Detrivorous. B) Herbivore. C) Omnivore. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Detrivorous. 17. Sarah notices a ladybug on a flower. What could Sarah say about how the ladybug gets its energy? A) It gets energy from the flower. B) It gets energy from the air. C) It gets energy from water. D) It gets energy from soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It gets energy from the flower. 18. A relationship were one organism benefits and the other is unaffected A) Predation. B) Mutualism. C) Competition. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commensalism. 19. Which of these factors affects food security? A) Increasing birth rates. B) Changing diets. C) Pests and pathogens. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. The prefix a-means? A) Adjective former. B) Land, earth. C) Record, writing. D) Not, without, lacking, deficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not, without, lacking, deficient. 21. All the living thing and non-living features of an environment A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. C) Habitat. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 22. An organism that must eat other organisms to receive its energy A) Autotroph. B) Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heterotroph. 23. Most of the energy that enters through organisms in a trophic level does not become biomass. Only energy used to make biomass remains available to the next level. only about ..... of energy entering one trophic level forms biomass in the next trophic level. A) 10%. B) 11%. C) 15%. D) 90%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 24. What is the ultimate energy source for living organisms? A) The sun. B) Energy stored in chemical bonds. C) Nuclear power plants. D) Energy stored in cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun. 25. Why is a decaying log considered biotic? A) It is currently not living. B) It will eventually decay into soil. C) It was once living/made by something living. D) It provides nutrients for future plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was once living/made by something living. 26. How do rainforest animals use bright colors? A) To camouflage. B) To attract a mate. C) To warn that they are poisonous. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 27. What do plants depend on from animals and humans? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Energy for photosynthesis. D) Pest control. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 28. Which of the following organisms have the greatest amount of stored energy in the food web? A) Grass and Cactus. B) Hawk and Coyote. C) Grasshopper and Scorpion. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grass and Cactus. 29. How organisms depend on each other for food and energy; shows direction of energy flow. A) Habitat. B) Food chain. C) Predator/prey. D) Luck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food chain. 30. The place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs is called its ..... A) Ecosystem. B) Community. C) Habitat. D) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat. 31. ..... are animals that eat only plants. A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 32. An organism's habitat is where it lives. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. What would most likely happen to the fish carrying capacity of a pond if it were to become polluted? A) It would increase. B) It would decrease. C) It would remain the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It would decrease. 34. What is the process of collecting, processing and reusing waste materials called? A) Recycling. B) Reusing. C) Reworking. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycling. 35. This includes several types of ecosystems, including continental shelves and intertidal zones. A) Coral reefs. B) Open oceans. C) Coastal oceans. D) Tropical oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coastal oceans. 36. Physical environment in which a species lives A) Habitat. B) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 37. When an organism is introduced to an ecosystem, the carrying capacity will determine the maximum number of organisms that can live successfully in an ecosystem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. All the energy that organisms get from food matter originally comes from sunlight A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. Which one do we rely on to naturally convert nitrogen gas into a compound that can be consumed by plants? A) Plants. B) Fungi. C) Archaea. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteria. 40. The ..... is the total number of organisms that a particular ecosystem can support. A) Carrying Capacity. B) Niche. C) Climax Community. D) Limiting Factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying Capacity. 41. What caught Charles Darwin's eye first when he arrived to the Galapagos? A) How different the organisms were to those in England. B) How similar the organisms were to those in England. C) How hot it was. D) How few organisms there were. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How different the organisms were to those in England. 42. Which of the following is NOT a regional effect on climate? A) Seasons. B) Bodies of water. C) Mountains. D) Soil composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil composition. 43. Which watery biome has the lowest concentration of salt? A) Freshwater. B) Ocean. C) Coral reef. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freshwater. 44. All of the living and nonliving things in an area make up a A) Habitat. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 45. ..... climate is described as cold all year long and located in high latitudes. A) Polar. B) Continental. C) Dry. D) Highland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polar. 46. In which biome is Georgia located? A) Alpine forest. B) Temperate deciduous forest. C) Tropical rainforest. D) Temperate rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate deciduous forest. 47. Which sequence shows increasing complexity of levels of ecological organization? A) Biosphere, ecosystem, community. B) Community, ecosystem, biosphere. C) Biosphere, community, ecosystem. D) Ecosystem, biosphere, community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community, ecosystem, biosphere. 48. Which of the following statements describes the function of denitrifying bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? A) Split nitrogen molecules to form ammonium. B) Convert ammonium compounds to nitrates. C) Split the nitrogen molecule to form nitrites. D) Convert nitrates to atmospheric nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Convert nitrates to atmospheric nitrogen. 49. Temperature, sunlight, and water are examples of ..... factors. A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 50. Organisms in this category get their energy from both plant and animal matter. A) Producer. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) Detritivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivore. 51. The conditions of the atmosphere from day to day. A) Weather. B) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weather. 52. Which of the following are found in the largest number in ecosystems? A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Top Carnivore. D) Omnivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 53. The science of the environment, its components, and the interactions between these components is called A) Ecology. B) Biology. C) Geology. D) Physiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 54. Which of the following is a biotic factor that would affect the carrying capacity of a population? A) Soil. B) Predator. C) Rainfall. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predator. 55. Which of the following is NOT recycled in ecosystems? A) Nitrogen. B) Sulphur. C) Phosphorus. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Energy. 56. In a properly written scientific name, which part is capitalized? A) Genus. B) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genus. 57. Cover 70% of the Earth A) Freshwater biome. B) Mariner biome. C) Saltwater biome. D) Marine biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marine biome. 58. Which of these is an aquatic biome? A) Tropical Rainforest. B) Marine. C) Tundra. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marine. 59. Population:definition A) A group of organisms belonging to different species that live in a particular area. B) A group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in a particular area. C) A group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in separated areas. D) A group of organisms belonging to the different species that live in separate areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in a particular area. 60. The point in which an area cannot hold any more individuals in an area is called its what? A) Carrying capability. B) Carrying capacity. C) Limiting point. D) Capital capacity. 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