Ecology Quiz 116 (20 MCQs)

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1. Prefix "auto-"

Correct Answer: C) Self.

2. What is the process of combining nitrogen gas with other elements to make nitrogen into usable compounds?

Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen fixation.

3. One individual within a species

Correct Answer: A) Organism.

4. Releases more CO2, increasing greenhouse gases which could lead to climate change.

Correct Answer: C) Burning fossil fuels.

5. The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment.

Correct Answer: D) Ecology.

6. A group of giraffes living in one area are apart of a

Correct Answer: C) Population.

7. Which animal (s) would a desert have living in it?

Correct Answer: D) Leopard gecko.

8. A relationship where both species benefit is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Mutualism.

9. A disease resulting in the deaths of one-third of a dense population of bats in a cave would likely be a

Correct Answer: A) Density-dependent factor.

10. Bees get nectar and pollen from flowers for food, and they spread pollen from flower to flower to create more plants. This is an example of:

Correct Answer: C) Mutualism.

11. What type of relationship occurs when two species fight over limited resources?

Correct Answer: B) Competition.

12. Which ecological nutrient cycle relies on photosynthesis and respiration?

Correct Answer: A) Carbon Cycle.

13. An animal that is at or near the top of the food chain

Correct Answer: C) Tertiary Consumer.

14. Always (mnij) plastic bottles so as they take less space.

Correct Answer: A) Crumple.

15. What do all living organisms depend on?

Correct Answer: A) Air, water and food.

16. What is the main source of energy for the entire planet?

Correct Answer: C) Sunlight.

17. Which biome consists of lakes, rivers, and streams and only includes 3% of the Earth's water?

Correct Answer: D) Freshwater.

18. Fossil fuel-fossil fuel frost-frost

Correct Answer: A) Right.

19. What is an heterotroph?

Correct Answer: C) An organism that consumes other organisms for energy.

20. What is an herbivore?

Correct Answer: A) An organism that only eats plants for energy.