Ecology Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. The first organisms that appear in an ecological community
2. A group of organisms of the same species living in the same space
3. A good example of an indicator species would be
4. Which type of immune system is faster?
5. Overpopulation can lead to all of the following except .....
6. What does the ozone protect us from?
7. Be careful! The floor is .....
8. A tick on a dog is an example of what kind of symbiotic relationship?
9. Which of the following did we discuss as a keystone species?
10. A claim is .....
11. How do producers get the nutrients they need to survive?
12. ..... are the non living parts of the ecosystem that are necessary for life.
13. I am a carnivore that eats mice, lives in the desert and not the apex predator.Who am I?
14. When wolves were absent from the Yellowstone food web, what type of trophic cascade did their absence cause?
15. Parasitism What does "parasitus" mean in Greek?
16. What is an ecological succession?
17. ..... climate is described as hot and wet, and is located in low latitudes.
18. The prefix Eco-means?
19. When an animal looks like another animal it is called .....
20. What do plants need to grow? How are these needs affected by climate?
21. A company wants to sell more sports drinks so they decide to add more sugar. For Group A they give them gatorade with an added teaspoon of sugar. For Group B they give them plain gatorade without adding sugar. Which Group is the CONTROL GROUP?
22. All the different populations in a specific area
23. In population ecology, one of the factors that is studied is a density-dependent factor. Density-dependent factors have the greatest effect on dense populations and little to no effect on very sparse populations. What would NOT be an example of a density-dependent factor?
24. An example of a density-independent factor is .....
25. Organism that share the same habitat and have to sompete for resources
26. Human activities vary depending on its goal, and all this are good for everyone even to the environment.
27. Substances in food that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life are called:
28. The Sun is important to:
29. How do animals get the phosphorous they need?
30. One species benefits, the other is unaffected
31. Striped fish are affected by abiotic and biotic factors in the environment. Which of these factors is biotic?
32. Which is an example of a biotic factor?
33. Variety of different species
34. All of the following are abiotic except .....
35. What does a biotic do?
36. Where is most fresh water on Earth located?
37. The egrets, marsh crabs, and cord grass make up what level of ecology
38. Which biome is located in the Central US and used for farmlands?
39. The struggle of organisms to survive as they use the same limited resource describes .....
40. Tree kangaroos live in the upper branches of trees in the rainforests of Queensland, as well as on the island of New Guinea. This is an example of the tree kangaroos .....
41. Which natural resource is inexhaustible?
42. Show the types of biotic factors
43. What kingdom has organisms that feed off dead or decaying organisms?
44. In a process known as ....., water vapor in the atmosphere condenses to form clouds and then falls back to earth as rain or snow.
45. From where do autotrophs obtain their energy?
46. All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle
47. The biome that would best fit the description of "trees that lose their leaves in autumn" is:
48. Organism that eats producers (plants) ONLY
49. A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area
50. The unique position that a species has in the physical use of its habitat and in its function (job) within an ecosystem
51. ..... is the study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environment.
52. This cycle deals with Carbon dioxide and respiration
53. Succession that starts from rock
54. Which two biomes have the least precipitation?
55. A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to the next is called a
56. Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?
57. In an Energy Pyramid, the most energy is located .....
58. Antonio and Javier are astronauts in space looking back at Earth and discussing how all the life on Earth interacts with each other as well as the nonliving things. What level of organization are they discussing?
59. Which statement is true about predators?
60. All food chains begin with this .....