This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Organisms that eat fruit, plants, and meat A) Producer. B) Herbivore. C) Omnivore. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivore. 2. Which of the following is most likely NOT to happen if the population of the small fish is over fished and wiped out? A) The large fish population will increase. B) The plant population may increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The large fish population will increase. 3. All the populations of different species that occupy and are adapted to a given area, are referred to as a (n) ..... ? A) Ecosystem. B) Community. C) Biosphere. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 4. What organism breaks down waste and recycles it into the ecosystem? A) Producers. B) Teritary consumers. C) Decomposers. D) Primary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposers. 5. Humans are considered ..... A) Consumers. B) Decomposers. C) Producers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumers. 6. Exponential growth is A) When your family grows after your mom has triplets. B) A growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rae due to unlimited resources. C) A growth pattern in which a population slows down. D) A growth pattern in which all the women in a state keep having babies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A growth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rae due to unlimited resources. 7. What is labeled as 1? A) Organism. B) Population. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism. 8. An animal that cannot maintain constant internal body conditions. A) Regulator. B) Exothermic. C) Conformer. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conformer. 9. The role of a species in its ecosystem A) Niche. B) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Niche. 10. Which of the following is NOT an adaptation that animals might have in the tundra biome? A) Short legs to be closer to the ground. B) Long fur. C) Scaley skin. D) Create insulated burrows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scaley skin. 11. An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism A) Parasite. B) Predator. C) Producer. D) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prey. 12. It is the outer part of the earth A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) The inside of the outside. D) Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crust. 13. When resources are limited, organisms struggle to obtain those resources, this is an example of A) Mimicry. B) Competition. C) Symbiosis. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competition. 14. The image provided is an example of a(n): A) Carnivore. B) Producer. C) Herbivore. D) Autotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnivore. 15. Taxonomy is ..... things according to their ..... A) Naming, size. B) Grouping, charcteristics. C) Separating, color. D) Grading, ability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grouping, charcteristics. 16. In managing the spread of the invasive Japanese Honeysuckle vine in the southeastern United States, what method involves the application of herbicides to limit its growth? A) Biological Control. B) Mechanical Control. C) Chemical Control. D) Kinetic Control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chemical Control. 17. Which one of the following is true of grass in an ecosystem? A) It converts oxygen to glucose. B) It produces carbon dioxide from oxygen and water. C) It produces glucose from carbon dioxide and water. D) It converts water to energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It produces glucose from carbon dioxide and water. 18. One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil. This characteristic is known as A) Glaciation. B) Permafrost. C) Crystallization. D) Soilfrost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permafrost. 19. What is one of the main reasons a biome is different from another? A) Sunlight. B) Altitude. C) Biodiversity. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Precipitation. 20. How can temperatures in the tropical rainforest be described? A) Very variable throughout the year. B) Do not vary very much throughout the year. C) Usually around 15$^\circ$C. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do not vary very much throughout the year. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesEcology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 5Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 8Ecology Quiz 9Ecology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books