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Ecology Quiz 73 (60 MCQs)

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1. In an ecosystem, a biotic or abiotic resource that over time can keep organism populations "in check" is known as a .....
2. Carbon is stored in the atmosphere, in living organisms, and as ..... fuel deposits.
3. How does carbon get from plants to animals?
4. An autotroph is another word for a ....., meaning it needs to .....
5. Who introduced the term lithosphere?
6. This biome has very short, warm summers and very cold winters. In spring, parts of forest become swamp, known as "swam forest" or "Taiga" in Russian. Best known for trees with needles.
7. Which of these describes the rainforest?
8. Which of the following describes the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert
9. Dropping leaves in the fall is a characteristic of what type of tree?
10. Where are hurricanes most likely to do the most damage?
11. Density-dependent is.....
12. Some deep-sea bacteria live near submerged volcanoes and make their own food using energy derived from minerals coming from the volcanoes. These bacteria would be classified as
13. At each trophic level ..... % of energy is lost and ..... % of energy is transferred.
14. Sublimation occurs when ice and snow change directly to .....
15. The series of changes an environment will take to restore itself after a disturbance is called
16. Adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its environment
17. A deer population has significantly increased, the best hypothesis is
18. Individual plants or animals in a population with certain desired traits are chosen by breeders, farmers, or ranchers to mate. The people hope to get the desired traits in the offspring.
19. All the alligators in a swamp are an example of a(n) .....
20. ..... occurs when plants release water vapor through stomata.
21. Recycling centers-
22. Process by which a cell captures the energy in sunlight and uses it to make food.
23. Abiotic factors are .....
24. Herbivores are considered to be
25. A large tract of land is purchased by a commercial agricultural company. The land is cleared of its native flora (plants), and a single crop is planted instead. What is the effect of this action?
26. Which element do all living things have in common?
27. Which level of consumer usually eats the first level consumers and the second level consumers?
28. Poikilotherm animals
29. Layer of soil that is nutrient rich, containing a mixture of humus, clay, and minerals, is most suitable for plant growth.
30. All nonliving things in an ecosystem, including water, rocks, sunlight, weather, natural disasters, oxygen, space, hunting, and shelter
31. Which is a result of human activities?
32. Two researchers studied the effect of light pollution on bird migration. Their results were supported by many other similar studies and was logical based on scientific understanding of migration behavior and their careful study design. Their study results could be described as:
33. The first person to develop a classification system was?
34. The non-living parts of an organism's environment are called .....
35. Rain, snow, sleet, hail, or freezing rain
36. What do you call an animal that is hunted by another animal?
37. This climatograph represents which biome?
38. What is the lowest level of a food chain?
39. Consumer that eats animals or meat
40. Ecology is a science therefore, it is based on the
41. Consumes BOTH meat AND vegetation
42. Non-point source pollution means.....
43. Which fossil fuel may run out in your lifetime?
44. Plants and animals are an example of a(n) ..... species
45. To endanger / to be endangered-
46. What do you call the organisms eat dead plants and dead animals?
47. An organism that kills and eats another for food
48. This cycle deals with evaporation and condensation
49. The place in which people live and work, including the land, water, air, plants, animals and all physical conditions that affect them
50. What can decomposers do that other organisms cannot?
51. Consumers that eat producers and other consumers are known as .....
52. The study of ecology is the study of ..... in ecosystems
53. An organism's way of life within an ecosystem is called its .....
54. This biome is characterized by grasses, few trees, is usually cold, and includes animals like bison, prairie dogs, and antelope .....
55. The water cycle takes place on, above, and below Earth's surface.
56. What vocabulary term refers to all of the nonliving things in an ecosystem?
57. Two or more members of the same organism living and interacting in the same area
58. Close relationship between organisms in which at least one benefits
59. Greatest/largest possible measure of longitude
60. (Em)migration is .....
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