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Ecology Quiz 75 (60 MCQs)

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1. A scorpion is a decomposer that is most likely found in the .....
2. What type of relationship is this:The cattle egretfollows herds ofcattle eating theinsects stirred up bythe cattle.
3. Biodiversity, aka biological diversity, usually refers to
4. Barnacles create home sites by attaching themselves to whales. This neither harms nor benefits the whales. What kind of relationship is this?
5. What does abiotic mean?
6. Plants make their own food from the sun through photosynthesis, hence they are called producers or
7. The overgrowth of algae poses a major problem for coral reefs. Intensive fishing is one factor that contributes to algae overgrowth because it does which of the following?
8. As you move up the trophic levels of the ecological pyramid, what happens to energy?
9. The study of how organisms and non-living things interact in an environment is called
10. When 2 organisms work together for a common goal
11. Place the levels of environment in the correct order from smallest to largest
12. What is the most important factor for an ecosystem to be sustainable and healthy?
13. What does ecological footprint measure?
14. Study of how things interact with each other and their enviroment
15. Anything that can restrict the size of a population including living and nonliving features, such as predators or drought.
16. All frozen water on Earth is .....
17. During a long period when there is no rainfall, a mountain lion may temporarily leave its usual hunting territory to drink from a farm pond. This behavior is probably due to
18. Which type of biome occurs at high latitudes and high altitudes?
19. What aquatic biome is characterized by flowing fresh water?
20. The variation in the lengths of some fish is called
21. Why shouldn't you shout at the forest?
22. How many percent does light taken in by plants for photosynthesis?
23. Carbon Dioxide=CO2
24. Biotic factors in the environment are
25. Temperature refers to the conditions of the atmosphere from day to day.
26. All living things together in one area is called a .....
27. The symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits, while the other is unaffected is known as:
28. What is the secondary consumer? Plant $\rightarrow$ snail $\rightarrow$ frog $\rightarrow$ snake $\rightarrow$ owl
29. True or False. In this Food Web Pyramid the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the plants have stored.
30. Primary succession refers to .....
31. What is the study of the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environments called?
32. What do plants use to take in carbon dioxide?
33. What is the characteristic shape of a curve illustrating logistic growth?
34. What would most likely happen to the population of the water flea if the algae it ate decreased?
35. Kudzu vines grow by climbing and wrapping around trees. Trees covered by kudzu can die because they are starved of sunlight. What type of relationship exists between the trees and the kudzu growing on them?
36. Knowing the type of food consumed by an organism helps to identify the role of the organism in the community. This role is known as its
37. Which would have barnacles, seaweed, and starfish?
38. First source of energy for a food web is ..... ?
39. This is the energy that moves objects.
40. What does a Secondary Consumer eat?
41. Which best explains why runoff is important?
42. The arrow in a food web shows .....
43. As buffalos walk through grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by cowbirds. This neither harms nor benefits the buffalo.
44. Choose the right meaning:tin
45. Biotic means .....
46. Why is the sun's energy necessary for the water cycle?
47. A desert, rain forest, tundra and grassland are all different kinds of:
48. Which of the following is a herbivore?
49. All of the populations that live in one area together
50. First species in an area, have always been there.
51. Which method of determining population size involves counting the organisms in a smaller area and multiplying it by the entire area?
52. Any single living thing within an ecosystem
53. ..... need sunlight, water, and nutrient to live.
54. All wildfires are harmful.
55. One way a population can decrease is if there is an increase in the
56. All living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact are called .....
57. When an organisms' prey decreases, what most likely will happen?
58. Which of the following is a predator and prey relationship?
59. Which model shows the number of organisms at each trophic level in an ecosystem?
60. A group of the same species living together in one area is a what?
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