Ecology Quiz 61 (60 MCQs)

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1. Ecology can be divided into Sinecology & Autoecology.
2. Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from each other
3. Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area are called a .....
4. I don't have anything to do. I am .....
5. What is not one of the main causes of habitat loss
6. Organisms that can make their own food do so by the process of:
7. A warmer Earth may lead to
8. The process that breaks down food into simple materials that an animal's body can use is called .....
9. What is the role of fungi in food webs?
10. When 2 organisms fight for the same resource
11. What is the definition of a community?
12. The process of water passing from earth, to the atmosphere, and back to earth, continuously.
13. Competition definition
14. Organisms release carbon dioxide gas through a process called
15. If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would .....
16. A frogs bright colors
17. All the populations that live in the same place at the same timeare called:
18. How much energy is passed on to the next trophic level each time an organism is eaten?
19. Which of the following could result in Primary Succession?
20. This is the energy of vibrating molecules that move through matter.
21. Which type of competition is responsible for shaping the structure of the community?
22. Dirty water that pollutes rives.
23. What is an example of an area that is likely to undergo primary succession?
24. The smallest unit of life that can sustain itself is called .....
25. A carrying capacity is
26. A part of the environment that prevents a population from growing to large is a/n .....
27. In a food web that contains bacteria, what is the usual function of this organism?
28. What is the name of the green pigment in plants that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis?
29. Is this animal died
30. Which of the following is the smallest level of organization?
31. A wrasse fish feeds on the parasites found on the black sea bass's body. Both species benefit.
32. True or False:Runoff is water that is absorbed by the ground.
33. Which kind of fossil fuel formed in swamps from once living plants?
34. (Birth + Immigration)-(Death + Emigration) =
35. Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all ..... or non-living parts of the environment
36. Which of the following is NOT a herbivore
37. What is the source of all energy?
38. A lion eats a gazelle except horns, hooves, and hair. Lion spends energy getting to the gazelle's food parts.
39. What do the arrows in a food chain/web represent?
40. Building proteins and DNA is the reason organisms need what substance?
41. Earth cools. Cooler temps make more snow. Snow reflects light, preventing heating. Earth gets cooler. More snow falls and reflects more light. This is an example of:
42. Which term define:The transfer of food energy from primary producer through primary consumer to carnivores and finally to decomposer
43. A bird eating ticks off of a cows back
44. Why does biodiversity increase during the course of succession?
45. If a population of a gazelle were to decrease, the population of cheetahs will .....
46. Cold, dry, treeless region sometimes called a cold desert ..... has permafrost.
47. Food chains show the transfer of ..... in an ecosystem
48. Non-living things in an ecosystem
49. Why are there limited numbers of higher predators in an area?
50. Role and position a species has in its environment; how it meets its needs for food and shelter, how it survives, and how it reproduces.
51. This is the study of the interactions among organisms and their environments.
52. Organisms that produce energy during photosynthesis are
53. All living things and nonliving things in an area
54. What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a population?
55. Relationship that exists between organisms of two different species that live together in direct contact
56. A bee is a small .....
57. The pH of a lake in Florida decreased from 7.0 to 5.0 due to an increase in acid rain. How would this change the biodiversity of the lake?
58. Adaptations that involve internal body systems
59. With the help of the Sun, through the process of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is pulled from the air to make plant .....
60. Several food chains linked together