This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 79 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 79 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Too much phosphorus in waterways (rivers, lakes) can lead to ..... A) Eutrophication. B) Death. C) Nothing. D) Diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eutrophication. 2. Group of abiotic factors that influence the type of climax community that develops in an area A) Succession. B) Climate. C) Limiting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate. 3. Organisms that is able to convert the energy from the sun into chemical energy (glucose). A) Autotroph. B) Heterotroph. C) Omnivore. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autotroph. 4. Decomposers break down a dead organism into ..... A) Fungi. B) Nutrients. C) Bacteria. D) Harmful chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nutrients. 5. Symbiotic Relationship where one species benefits and the other species is harmed. A) Predation. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 6. A tapeworm inside a dog is A) Predation. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 7. Algae would be an example of what? A) Carnivore. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer. 8. Properties of matter A) Structure. B) Composition of the substance. C) Structure substances. D) Properties of matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Properties of matter. 9. A relationship where both organisms benefit is called ..... The clown fish and sea anemone is an example. A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 10. Which of the following is an example of a density-dependent factor? A) Clear cutting. B) Natural disaster. C) Parasitism. D) Weather changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 11. Another name for land is ..... A) Deciduous. B) Taiga. C) Terrestrial. D) Aquatic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Terrestrial. 12. Which biome has a great amount of rainfall, four distinct seasons, very cold winters, and several trees with needles? A) Coniferous rainforest. B) Tropical rainforest. C) Temperate deciduous rainforest. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coniferous rainforest. 13. All the areas of the Earth where life exists are a part of the: A) Biomes. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biosphere. 14. A graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of useable energy contained within. A) Food chain. B) Food web. C) Energy Pyramid. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy Pyramid. 15. An area of land where plants and animals interact with all of the things they need to live like air and water is A) An ecosystem. B) A biome. C) A community. D) The biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An ecosystem. 16. The ultimate source of energy for most ecosystems is A) Water. B) Sunlight. C) Carbon. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 17. Many different types of living things in an area; for example:all life in the rainforest. A) Population. B) Community. C) Habitat. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity. 18. All living things get their energy from which of the following sources? A) Food. B) Water. C) Sun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 19. A lion that eats a zebra that eats grass is a A) Quaternary consumer. B) Secondary consumer. C) Tertiary consumer. D) Primary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary consumer. 20. Type of growth that occurs under ideal conditions? A) Predator-prey cycle. B) Logistic. C) Exponential. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exponential. 21. ..... feed on dead leaves and animal feces, among other debris. A) Omnivores. B) More destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More destructive. 22. Species that are indigenous to an area with no human intervention A) Invasive species. B) Native species. C) All species that live in an ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Native species. 23. A community is defined as A) All the different species that live in an ecosystem. B) All the members of the same species. C) All the non-living things in an ecosystem. D) The average number of species in an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the different species that live in an ecosystem. 24. A part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere is called a A) Biosphere. B) Biome. C) Population. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 25. The final end point of succession is called ..... A) Staged community. B) Community development. C) Climax community. D) Climatic change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax community. 26. Logistic growth is: A) A growth pattern when babies are born every day in every state. B) A growth pattern wher only teens have babies. C) A growth pattern in which a populatation's growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A growth pattern in which a populatation's growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth. 27. What type of symbiosis? * Skunk Cabbage plants attract flies in cool weather by making heat and provide food to the flies that come. * Flies move from one Skunk Cabbage plant to the next feeding and transferring pollen as they go. A) Parasitism. B) Mutualism. C) Predation. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 28. If an eagle eats a mouse that eats some berries, the eagle is a ..... A) First level/ primary consumer. B) Second level consumer. C) Decoposer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second level consumer. 29. In lakes in New York State that are exposed to acid rain, fish populations are declining. This is primarily due to changes in which lake condition? A) BioticFactors. B) Ozonelevels. C) Increasedsunlight (optional). D) PH. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PH. 30. Components of an environment that are living or from something living A) Aquatic. B) Abiotic. C) Acidic. D) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic. 31. Each step in a food chain is called a trophic level. What percentage of energy available at one trophic level is transferred to organisms at the next level? A) About 25 percent. B) About 10 percent. C) About 50 percent. D) About 2 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About 10 percent. 32. When a field is burned to prepare it for farming, the energy that was present in the field: A) Is lost in the smoke and ash. B) Is lost mostly as heat. C) Is stored in the soil as ash. D) Is stored in the soil as heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is lost mostly as heat. 33. Humans have a considerable effect on the hydrologic cycle. Which of the following has a direct effect on this cycle? I. Deforestation II. Urbanization III. Mining of fossil fuels A) I only. B) II only. C) I and II. D) I, II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I, II and III. 34. Which term describes a group of different speciesthat live together in a defined area? A) A population. B) A species. C) An ecosystem. D) A community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A community. 35. The relationship between a bee and a flower is an example of what kind of symbiotic relationship? A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Competition. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 36. This level of the energy pyramid contains the most energy A) Secondary consumers. B) Producers. C) Tertiary consumers. D) Primary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 37. The variety of living things. (ex:lions, pine trees, and lady bugs are all different species) A) Ecosystem Diversity. B) Genetic Diversity. C) Species Diversity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species Diversity. 38. Desert, Rain Forest and Tundra are examples of: A) Biomes. B) Ecosystems. C) Environments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomes. 39. Relationship where one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it. A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 40. A factor or factors that can affect species distribution is/are ..... A) Predation. B) Disease. C) Competition. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. An animal that only feeds on plants is called A) Herbivore. B) Vegan. C) Vegetarian. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 42. The smallest unit of ecological organizations is ..... A) Ecosystem. B) Community. C) Organism. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism. 43. This natural resource produces oxygen and removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A) Water. B) Trees. C) Air. D) Topsoil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trees. 44. A predator can be a prey to another animal A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 45. Something that can limit the growth of a population is known as A) Abiotic factor. B) Limiting factor. C) Fear Factor. D) Biotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limiting factor. 46. Commensalism is where A) Both organisms benefit. B) One benefits, the other is harmed. C) One benefits, the other doesn't benefit but isn't harmed. D) Neither benefit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One benefits, the other doesn't benefit but isn't harmed. 47. What is a living thing? A) An organism that can grow and reproduce. B) Any substance that is made by an organism. C) Something that an organism depends on in order to survive. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An organism that can grow and reproduce. 48. A group of organisms that can produce offspring ..... A) Commensalism. B) Consumer. C) Species. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species. 49. An organism where one organism benefits and another is harmed A) Commensalism. B) Competition. C) Parasitism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 50. Series of changes were no soil or organisms exist A) Secondary succession. B) Primary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary succession. 51. Do decomposers need energy to live? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 52. The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is: A) Porosity. B) Permeability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permeability. 53. This type of VARIABLE is kept the SAME for both experimental and Control Groups A) Control (Constant). B) Dependent. C) Independent. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Control (Constant). 54. Everywhere on earth where life exist. A) Ecosystem. B) Population. C) Community. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biosphere. 55. Why is reducing your carbon footprint so important? A) Carbon dioxide is the main cause of global warming. B) Carbon dioxide helps grow forests and grasslands. C) The atmosphere will cool with too little carbon dioxide. D) Sea levels will drop with too much carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide is the main cause of global warming. 56. What is the bacteria in the roots of leguminous plants? A) Neisseria. B) Rhizobium. C) Pseudomonas. D) Haemophilus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhizobium. 57. An animal that eats only meat A) Herbivores. B) Carnivores. C) Omnivores. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carnivores. 58. An important need for a bird is a safe place to build a nest. If a bird did not have a place to build a nest, what would most likely occur? A) The number of predators in the area would increase. B) The number of food resources for the bird would decrease. C) The number of offspring would decrease. D) The number of new bird diseases in the area would increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The number of offspring would decrease. 59. The things that limit the size of a population, such as the amount of rainfall or food. A) Nonlimiting factors. B) Limiting factors. C) Abiotic factors. D) Biotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limiting factors. 60. During Succession, what is the name of the species that comes first? A) Starting Population. B) Pioneer Species. C) Founding Members. D) P1 generation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pioneer Species. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesEcology Quiz 1Ecology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 5Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books