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Ecology Quiz 87 (60 MCQs)

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1. The bodies of all living things are based on carbon. Which of the following is the primary source of carbon in living things?
2. The intense heat from Earth's interior that warms the magma beneath Earth's surface is called .....
3. What is the original source of energy in any food web? 5-2.4
4. Symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other isn't helped or hurt.
5. What are factors that affect carrying capacity?
6. Do plants support the carbon cycle?
7. Soil, dirt, rocks, precipitation, air, water, sunlight are examples of the non-living parts of the environment known as what?
8. Scavengers consume the soft tissues of ..... animals.
9. The number one threat to biodiversity
10. Animals that feed on other animals that they have NOT killed
11. Linear feeding relationships are
12. Aquatic ecosystem that has a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time is called .....
13. Transpiration is
14. Primary source of ecosystem energy
15. What are the key features of the Tundra?
16. What type of factor has an increasing impact as the population size increases?
17. ..... can be hammered i different shapes
18. Which symbols best describe parasitism?
19. An organism that eat's plants and meat.
20. The pattern of spacing among individuals within the geographic boundaries is called
21. Mushrooms often grow around dead plants such as decomposing trees. They break down these dead organisms and put matter back into the ground for other plants to use. What type of consumer are mushrooms?
22. In an energy pyramid, energy ..... as you move up the pyramid.
23. Predation is the relationship in which members of one species consume members of another species.
24. What level on an energy pyramid has organisms having the LEAST energy?
25. An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
26. Relationships between living things Living like a prey is
27. How is a monarch butterfly similar to the milkweed plant?
28. A species' specific use of the biotic and abiotic factors in an environment is collectively called the species
29. Limiting factor is
30. How is Nitrogen removed from the air and put into compound that living things can use?
31. One way humans could have a positive impact on their local environment is to .....
32. Geothermal energy is
33. The things organisms do to survive; bird calls and migration.
34. An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living is called a
35. Nonnative zebra mussels were first found in a lake near Detroit in 1988. By 1989, it had colonized all Great Lakes waterways. Which scenario is most likely true regarding the introduction of this species?
36. The five levels of organization in the environment, from smallest to largest
37. This is any close relationship between any two different species in an ecosystem
38. Levels in ecological (energy) pyramids are called
39. A tick lives off the blood of a dog and can make it sick.
40. What type of factors represent the living organisms in an environment?
41. DNA is located in the nucleus of
42. Why is there a limited amount of energy that can be passed on to the next feeding level?
43. Which of the following is contributing to an INCREASE in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
44. Which biome, because of its climate and amount of rainfall, has the largest number of species of plants and animals?
45. What is an organism that gets its food through eating other sources?
46. The greatest numbers of relationships between the organisms in an ecosystem is best shown in
47. As ecological succession progresses, a pioneer community gradually changes into a climax community. What typically happens during this process?
48. What is another name for evaporation of water through the leaves of plants?
49. The way in which the specific environment is exploited by an organisms is an appropriate definition for
50. A ..... is the place that an organism lives-its natural home.
51. True or False:Biodiversity tends to decrease nearer the equator.
52. Which is the simplest level of organization within the environment?
53. A type of consumer that eats primary consumers is called a .....
54. Conservation is the act of conserving, or protecting the environment, plants, and animals. Why is this so important? What are some things you can do to help conserve our environment?
55. An heterotroph is another word for a ....., meaning it needs to .....
56. The 10% rule states that 10% of energy moves from each trophic level to the next.In the pyramid, if the producers level contains 1234 kilocalories, how many kilocalories are transferred to the bird (apex predator)?
57. In the energy pyramid, an organism that eats a producer is called the .....
58. Autotrophs who capture energy and use it to make organic molecules
59. The variety of living things in an area or ecosystem
60. Wolves hunt in pack for a more successful hunt.
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