This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 80 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 80 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources? A) Recycling. B) Removingcarnivores from a forest. C) Heating homes with fossil fuels. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recycling. 2. All the members of one species that live within an area of an ecosystem A) Population. B) Community. C) Niche. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 3. The nitrogen cycle helps with the development of ..... A) Ammonification. B) Building amino acids. C) Building carbohydrates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Building amino acids. 4. Shows one possible flow of energy A) Food web. B) Food chain. C) Energy pyramid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food chain. 5. The global system that contains most of the life on earth is ..... A) Biosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Geosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 6. A log rotting on the ground is ..... A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. C) Consumer. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic. 7. True or False; Herbivores eat Carnivores. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. The variety of organisms in an ecosystem or on Earth is A) Selection. B) Biodiversity. C) Adaptation. D) Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 9. Defense of a space against encroachment by other individuals. A) Habituation. B) Migration. C) Territoriality. D) Submission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Territoriality. 10. Plants use carbon dioxide in the process of ..... A) Photosynthesis. B) Respiration. C) Decay. D) Shedding leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 11. Phytoplankton are the primary producers of the ocean. Where would you be most likely to find plankton? A) Along the seafloor of the ocean. B) At the surface of the ocean. C) In the middle of the ocean. D) At the bottom of the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the surface of the ocean. 12. Nitrogen fixation is done by by nitrogen-fixing plants. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 13. This ecosystem has trees (both leaf and needle), shrubs, grasses, ferns, and animals. A) Forest. B) Ocean. C) Grassland. D) Estuary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forest. 14. What do all of the cycles of matter have in common? A) They have no end, energy is destroyed forever. B) They have nothing in common. C) They have no end, they recycle energy. D) They have an end, they don't recycle energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have no end, they recycle energy. 15. When an adaptation allows an organism to be better suited for its environment, it's called A) Adaptation. B) Evolution. C) Natural selection. D) Mutation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural selection. 16. An organism that obtains energy by breaking down dead organisms, faeces and excretory products and it reused by the environment is called a ..... A) Decoposer. B) Trophic level. C) Consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decoposer. 17. In your home, the desk, chair, table, paper, pencil, and refrigerator A) Resource. B) Habitat. C) Abiotic factors. D) Biotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abiotic factors. 18. All of the following make up a habitat except ..... A) Sunlight. B) Temperature. C) Insect. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insect. 19. Which of the following is NOT a density-independent factor? A) Natural disasters. B) Human activities. C) Seasonal changes. D) Lack of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack of food. 20. A living thing in an ecosystem A) Biotic factor. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) Abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic factor. 21. Organisms that play a role in the nitrogen cycle A) Only plants. B) Only animals. C) Only bacteria. D) Plants, animals, and bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plants, animals, and bacteria. 22. The clearance or removal of a forest of group of trees. A) Overgrazing. B) Invasive species. C) Urbanization. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deforestation. 23. Which of the following BEST MATCHES the meaning of the word TEMPERATE. A) Temperatures within moderate limits. B) An area with trees and bushes. C) A forest with plants growing together. D) An area with all the same temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperatures within moderate limits. 24. Can organisms absorb nitrogen gas directly out of the atmosphere? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 25. All of the living things in an area are called A) Species. B) Abiotic factors. C) Animals. D) Biotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic factors. 26. All of the different organisms interacting in a pond make up A) A community. B) The habitat. C) The water cycle. D) A population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A community. 27. Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be A) Warm. B) Cold. C) Dead. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 28. Not eating too much or too little means we are eating in ..... A) Variety. B) Moderation. C) Balanced. D) Sufficiently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moderation. 29. To measure population density, you must divide the number of individuals living in a defined space by the A) Area of the space. B) Birth and death rates. C) Carrying capacity. D) Height of the space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Area of the space. 30. An animal that eats other animals A) Decoposer. B) Carnivore. C) Herbivore. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carnivore. 31. The correct order of the organizational level is A) Organism, Population, Ecosystem, Community, and Biosphere. B) Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, and Biosphere. C) Population, Organism, Community, Ecosystem, and Biosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, and Biosphere. 32. All the ponds in an area dried up during a drought. Which organism is most affected by the drought? A) Frog. B) Snake. C) Deer. D) Hawk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frog. 33. An organism that makes its own food using the sun's energy. A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Producer. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer. 34. All of the energy in the ecosystem comes from A) The moon. B) Batteries. C) Power plants. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 35. Without bacteria in the ecosystem, what would happen? A) Nothing would change. B) Dead materials would pile up. C) THere would be no oxygen available. D) Nobody would ever get sick again. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dead materials would pile up. 36. An organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis A) Autotroph. B) Heterotroph. C) Herbivore. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autotroph. 37. Net primary production in an ecosystem over a given period may be BEST defined as the total amount of A) Organic matter produced by all organisms in the ecosystem. B) New organic matter produced only by green plants. C) Organic matter used in respiration and metabolism by all organisms in the ecosystem. D) New organic matter remaining after respiration and metabolism has been fuelled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New organic matter remaining after respiration and metabolism has been fuelled. 38. When organisms leave an ecosystem A) Immigration. B) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emigration. 39. What does the term carrying capacity describe? A) The ability of a population to accept new immigrants. B) The population size that the environment can sustain. C) The maximum number of birth rates for a population. D) The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The population size that the environment can sustain. 40. A ....., such as mushrooms, breaks down organic material. A) Scavenger. B) Decoposer. C) Producer. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decoposer. 41. Since frogs breathe through their skin, they do not easily absorb pollution A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. When nitrogen gas is turned in to a form that plants and animals can use, this is called: A) Decomposition. B) Photosynthesis. C) Combustion. D) Nitrogen Fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nitrogen Fixation. 43. The place where an organism naturally lives and grows A) Habitat. B) Ecosystem. C) Niche. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 44. Increase-decrease A) Right. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrong. 45. An organism that eats both plants and animals is known as a(n) A) Carnivore. B) Decomposer. C) Herbivore. D) Omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Omnivore. 46. Which of the following would be included in a drawing that BEST describes an ecosystem? A) All the plants, animals, and water in park. B) All the plants and animals in a park. C) All the animals in a park. D) All the squirrels in a park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the plants, animals, and water in park. 47. Organisms that need nitrogen to survive A) Only plants. B) Only animals. C) Only bacteria. D) All living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All living organisms. 48. Examples of natural elements of the environment are: A) Water, humans, and animals. B) Water, animals, bacteria. C) Water, cars, pollution. D) Water, soil, language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water, animals, bacteria. 49. Shira and I have new bikes ..... bikes are red. A) My. B) Their. C) Our. D) Your. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our. 50. Of the following, which is the correct sequence for the flow of energy in a food chain? A) Producers consumers decomposers. B) Consumers decomposer producers. C) Consumers producers decomposers. D) Decomposers producers consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers consumers decomposers. 51. Which is in the correct order? A) Producer, decomposer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer. B) Decomposer, producer, tertiary consumer, primary consumer, secondary consumer. C) Producer, tertiary consumer, secondary consumer, primary consumer, decomposer. D) Producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, decomposer. 52. The way in which individuals of a population are spread out is called A) Population density. B) Survivorship. C) Population dispersion. D) Logistic curve. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population dispersion. 53. They may be able to live in only one type of habitat, tolerate only a narrow range of climatic and other environmental conditions, or use only one type or a few types of food. A) Generalist species. B) Specialist species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specialist species. 54. When two different strains of bacteria are cultured together in the same petri dish, their populations are not as great as compared to when they are cultured alone or individually. What type of interaction does this scenario represent (two species needing the same limited resources)? A) Disease. B) Competition. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competition. 55. Phosphorous is passed from plants to ..... who eat them A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Scavengers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals. 56. Which is an abiotic factor in a stream ecosystem? A) Pond water. B) Crayfish. C) Minnows. D) Watercress plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pond water. 57. What do consumers give off that producers need? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Sugars. C) Heat. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 58. Which of the following is NOT a consumer A) Shark. B) Fish. C) Grass. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grass. 59. ..... cannot make their own food. A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Green plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumers. 60. This biome has two main seasons:wet and dry. It has cold winters and warm summers. Most of the animals that live here are herbivores. A) Coniferous Forest. B) Rainforest. C) Grassland. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grassland. ← 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