Ecology Quiz 65 (60 MCQs)

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1. In the rain forest the tall trees form a leafy roof called the
2. A social interaction with the sole purpose of finding a mate.
3. Which type of symbiotic relationship is where both organisms are helped?
4. Green plants produce their own food by converting light energy into chemical energy by a process called photosynthesis.
5. What is an animal that only eats plants?
6. Consumers that primarily eat one specific organism is called
7. The growing season may last all year in a hot, wet climate.
8. Why do firefighters start small fires?
9. Which of the following is an abiotic factor that plants depend on?
10. A relationship where one species is helped and one species is neutral (not hurt, but not helped).
11. This is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship and both benefit .....
12. The process of making parts of a product in different places all over the world is called .....
13. Food webs are .....
14. All biotic and abiotic factors in an area. Plans, animals, insects, soil, water, and temperature.
15. I am a consumer that eats only plants.
16. Moves nitrogen back and forth between the atmosphere and organisms
17. ..... occurs when 1 organisms kills and eats another for food.
18. An example of a physical adaptation is .....
19. Members of a species in a defined area are called .....
20. Plants are called
21. Ticks and humans are an example of
22. Sarah wanted to find out if the size of a car tire made it a smoother ride over bumps. What is the dependent variable?
23. Any close relationship between species
24. All of the bullfrogs living around a pond is known as .....
25. What type of symbiosis? *The tick lives on dog and feeds on its blood and tissue. * The dog gets skin irritation and can pick up diseases carried by tick.
26. A trophic level refers to the .....
27. What is the interaction of life called?
28. Organisms that are classified as autotrophic are able to-
29. Where do PRODUCERS acquire energy from?
30. The first organism in the energy pyramid is always a
31. Michael went to the circus and saw a seal balance a beach ball on its nose. This is an example of a .....
32. The transfer of energy in the ecosystem by eating one another in succession is called
33. Which change would most likely cause a decrease in the number of chipmunks living in an area?
34. Which of these does a food chain model need to make it more accurate?
35. When one organism is harmed, and another organism benefits, this describes what?
36. Antelope move INTO an area
37. Feeds only on plants
38. Which of the following is NOT a nonliving thing? (which one is living?)
39. Which ecological method is being used if you set up the effect of different levels of sunlight on plant growth
40. The great hornbill and the toucan both eat the same fruit, insects, and nuts. They both live in the rainforest. Their large bills function to get food and also as warning coloration. Which of the following is a limiting factor to the toucan population?
41. The rate at which biomass accumulates.
42. Which of the following is NOT an outcome of high population density?
43. A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
44. Hydroelectric power is
45. Which type of organism receives energy from every other organisms in the trophic levels?
46. What lives in the roots of plants that fix the nitrogen so that plants can use the nitrogen?
47. If humans clear out forest to create space for their goats to graze, it is most likely to have a harmful effect directly on
48. Bacteria are an example of producers.
49. The role a species plays within a community is its?
50. Invasive species alter the ecosystem by ..... in number quickly. This leads to ..... food for the native species.
51. A green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis.
52. In an ecosystem, everything is .....
53. How is a food web different from a food chain?
54. What type of invasive control involves physically removing the animal by hunting, trapping, fishing, or other methods?
55. When species do not have the traits necessary to survive, what can happen to them?
56. A species that supports an entire ecosystem.
57. Example of a decomposer
58. If a population has reached the largest number of individuals the environment can support and maintain for a long period of time, then it has reached its:
59. Biomes are deturmend by what 3 things
60. Noah, Lily, and Aria are studying the flow of energy in an ecosystem for their science project. They are trying to represent it in a complex way that includes crossover. What method should they use?