Ecology Quiz 71 (60 MCQs)

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1. A relationship between two organisms where both organisms are relying on the same limited resources is known as .....
2. The group that organisms live in within their ecosystem
3. If farmers use a controlled burn to prevent forest fires, what would most likely be the first plants to return?
4. About how much percent of energy is passed on from one organism to to the next on a food web pyramid.
5. What does ecosystem mean?
6. Which of the following populations is most likely to go extinct?
7. Organisms that do not decompose can be buried over LONG periods of time and become what?
8. The Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world .....
9. All steps in a food chain always involve a loss of .....
10. Humans are omnivores. This means that
11. Steve is bored and goes outside. He sees a spider with a fly in its net, preparing to eat it. This is an example of .....
12. The breakdown of the remains of dead organisms or animals wastes.
13. What process describes how plants use air, water, and energy from the Sun to make their own food?
14. Which of the following shows the levels of organization from smallest to largest?
15. A place where an animal lives is called a
16. The competitive exclusion principle states that two species with similar needs
17. The feeding relationship between a producer and a single chain of consumers in an ecosystem
18. Consists of all the biotic and abiotic factors of the environment .....
19. The opposit of wet .....
20. Biotic includes all the following exempt:
21. Which fossil fuel produces the lowest levels of most air pollutants?
22. ..... species are species that are at risk of becoming extinct.
23. Which of the following would provide the most energy in an ecosystem?
24. The base of all food webs consist of
25. Limiting factors ..... / ..... a population's growth.
26. All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with
27. The air, water, forests-where people, animals and plants live
28. The element that is not readily available to use is
29. Plants that convert energy from the sun
30. Recycling is .....
31. A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area is called a
32. All of Earth's water, ice, and water vapor.
33. What is the main source of energy for producers (directly) and consumers (indirectly) on earth?
34. Both biotic and abiotic parts make up a
35. When one species copies another species physical appearance for survival benefit
36. In the predation relationship the organism that is being eaten would be represented by the-symbol. What symbol would the predator be represented by?
37. James, Ava, and Liam are on a school trip to the North Carolina Zoo. They are discussing what the biosphere is. According to their discussion, the biosphere is .....
38. An example of a producer is a
39. All of the organisms of one species within a particular ecosystem
40. Interaction in which one organism hunts, captures, and feeds on another organism
41. All of living and nonliving things in an given area
42. Which is an example of a behavior?
43. The study of the interactions between organisms and their interrelationships with the physical environment is known as
44. A complicated interconnected group of food chains is called a .....
45. The build up of toxins form smaller to the larger organisms that eat them
46. Porcupines needles
47. Which term defined:chemical elements or nutrients in complex organic forms along food chainin the biotic components of biosphere
48. Which of the following provide most of the energy in ecosystems?
49. This is where a population grows to a size where the environment cannot handle it (not enough resources)
50. Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. When an animal eats another animal, carbon is .....
51. Which of the following interactions is an example of symbiosis?
52. Plants that grow in dry places
53. The total amount of water on Earth is constantly changing.
54. The release of water vapor through breathing by animals
55. Population density
56. Type of growth that occurs when disease and parasites are present .....
57. Why does stronger wind increase water loss from plants?
58. Herring, squid, sea turtles, whales and other swimming animals are called .....
59. Is Iron (Fe) an element or a compound?
60. Which order of these shows the food chain in the correct order?