Ecology Quiz 86 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is a native specie?
2. Occurs when ice and snow change directly to water vapor
3. Which of these is NOT a freshwater biome?
4. Select the right translation:waste
5. Many science words can be easily broken down to find their true meaning. Look at the PREFIX below and match it to its meaning. BIO
6. A science that studies the living conditions of living organisms, their relationship with each other and the surrounding inorganic nature.
7. Consist of non living things in an ecosystem
8. What are two processes by which autotrophs make food?
9. An exchange pool holds an element or water for a ..... period.
10. Which event would not cause secondary succession?
11. An organism that east meat is called an .....
12. In a simple food chain, small fish eat algae; bigger fish eat the smaller fish; bears eat the bigger fish. Using the above scenario, which of these would have the largest amount of energy?
13. What type of symbiosis? **Kudzu vines grow by climbing, and wrapping around trees. **Kundzu covered trees die as they are smothered and break under the weight of the growing Kudzu vines.
14. Which of the entities is non-gaseous?
15. This biome generally has 4 seasons.
16. In the food chain system, what function do fungi play?
17. Charles Darwin observed species while working on the HMS Beagle. What was his job?
18. A close interaction between tow or more different species is known as
19. How did increasing wolves increase bird populations?
20. Which term defined:Chemical elements in inorganic forms in the abiotic components of biosphere
21. True or False:Extinction lasts forever? (not thinking about new DNA technology)
22. True or false biotic is all living parts in an ecosystem
23. An organism at the second trophic level would be considered a .....
24. Which of the following resource is renewable?
25. Which of these is NOT a way that energy is wasted by animals in a food chain?
26. A group of fish with synchronized direction and speed is called a .....
27. All living and nonliving parts of an environment found in a specificlocation.
28. Invasive species have a negative impact on .....
29. In most food webs, bacteria and fungi are labeled as the
30. When algae levels increase in a body of water, it
31. Anytime there is a close and permanent association between organisms, it is known as .....
32. The slight differences in stripe patterns in a zebra population is known as
33. The term abiotic means;-
34. When organisms of different species compete for the same resources, it is called
35. The source of all energy is .....
36. What is a defense strategy?
37. ..... are all organisms that break down dead/dying matter, and release carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, etc. into their surroundings
38. Which level of organization is more complex than a population and less complex than an ecosystem?
39. Carrying Capacity:definition
40. All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area
41. Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, and scavengers are all examples of .....
42. All organisms in a community
43. What occurs when ice and snow change directly to water vapor?
44. Read the definition:It is when and animal or plant have to adjust to new surroundings or a new situation.
45. What form of light from the Sun is important to warming Earth?
46. Which of the following is an example of an abiotic limiting factor on population size?
47. Nonliving factors in an environment are .....
48. The movement of carbon dioxide and oxygen on Earth by the processes of respiration and photosynthesis.
49. Why is matter not lost as it passes through an ecosystem?
50. A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
51. Anything that prevents a population from growing larger.
52. What do antibodies do?
53. A one-way relationship where one species benefits at the expense of another is called ..... ?
54. Which of the following is the most simple level of ecological organization?
55. Which energy level is an interrelated food chain in an ecosystem?
56. What type of population measurement is it when organisms are captured and marked then captured again?
57. Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then the honey guide birds eat.
58. If only 10% of an organism's energy is available for the next trophic level, what happens with the other 90% of the energy?
59. Animals obtain the nitrogen they need directly from the
60. What is the level of organization where the community is interacting with abiotic factors?