This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 127 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 127 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Barnacles attach themselves to a whale and filter feeds as the whale swims throughout the ocean. The whale is unaffected. This is an example of ..... A) Mimicry. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commensalism. 2. The ability of an organism to blend in to the background A) Camouflage. B) Competition. C) Mimicry. D) Variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Camouflage. 3. Autotrophs make up the ..... level in all ecosystems. A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) Fourth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First. 4. What is happening in a population as it decreases? A) More emigration occurs. B) More immigration occurs. C) The birth rate and death rate remain the same. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More emigration occurs. 5. Which biome has the greatest diversity of living things? A) Tundra. B) Taiga. C) Tropical forest. D) Deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical forest. 6. Idon't want to be alone. Please don't ..... me. A) Leave. B) Go. C) Walk. D) Eat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leave. 7. The study of how things interact with each other and with their environment is called A) Photosynthesis. B) Biotic Studies. C) Ecology. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 8. Protists live inside termites and help digest the wood the termite eats A) Parasitism. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 9. After a natural disaster such as a hurricane or tornado, what will happen in the damaged ecosystem? A) Nothing; it will remain uninhabited. B) A new, different ecosystem will evolve. C) An ecosystem like the previous one will be re-established. D) No one really knows what to expect after a natural disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An ecosystem like the previous one will be re-established. 10. Which of the following describes the location of the Tundra biome? A) Eastern United States. B) Most of Canada. C) North of Canada. D) Near the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North of Canada. 11. Which of the following causes harmful algal blooms that result in dead zones in the ocean? A) Runoff of nitrogen and phosphorus-rich fertilizers. B) Burning of fossil fuels. C) Increased amounts of acidic precipitation. D) Increased levels of greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff of nitrogen and phosphorus-rich fertilizers. 12. Biomes tend to be found at the same ..... ? A) Longitude. B) Latitude. C) Elevation. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude. 13. Groups of animals feed excessively from one area of land without letting the vegetation in that area fully recover. This is an example of A) Overgrazing. B) Deforestation. C) Urbanization. D) Invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overgrazing. 14. Carbon cycles through the biosphere in all of the following processes EXCEPT A) Photosynthesis. B) Transpiration. C) Burning of fossil fuels. D) Decomposition of plants and animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 15. Water, soil, light and temperature are an example of a(n) ..... species A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 16. A living thing that feeds on the wastes and remains of plants and animals. A) Food web. B) Producer. C) Consumer. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decoposer. 17. The removal of the predator populations from an ecosystem would most likely result in A) A decrease in all the prey populations. B) An increase in all the producer populations. C) An increase in ecosystem diversity. D) A decrease in ecosystem diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A decrease in ecosystem diversity. 18. Stability within an ecosystem is achieved partially bythe presence of organisms that break down importantmolecules and make them available for otherorganisms to use. These organisms are A) Plants. B) Herbivores. C) Scavengers. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 19. An organism that must eat another organism to get its energy. A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Omnivore. D) Carnivore. E) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 20. Animals release ..... into the environment, which plants use for ..... A) Oxygen/respiration. B) Carbon dioxide/photosynthesis. C) Water vapor/ photosynthesis. D) Carbon dioxide/respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide/photosynthesis. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesEcology Quiz 1Ecology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 5Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 8Ecology Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books