Ecology Quiz 127 (20 MCQs)

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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 .....
2. The ability of an organism to blend in to the background
3. Autotrophs make up the ..... level in all ecosystems.
4. What is happening in a population as it decreases?
5. Which biome has the greatest diversity of living things?
6. Idon't want to be alone. Please don't ..... me.
7. The study of how things interact with each other and with their environment is called
8. Protists live inside termites and help digest the wood the termite eats
9. After a natural disaster such as a hurricane or tornado, what will happen in the damaged ecosystem?
10. Which of the following describes the location of the Tundra biome?
11. Which of the following causes harmful algal blooms that result in dead zones in the ocean?
12. Biomes tend to be found at the same ..... ?
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
14. Carbon cycles through the biosphere in all of the following processes EXCEPT
15. Water, soil, light and temperature are an example of a(n) ..... species
16. A living thing that feeds on the wastes and remains of plants and animals.
17. The removal of the predator populations from an ecosystem would most likely result in
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
19. An organism that must eat another organism to get its energy.
20. Animals release ..... into the environment, which plants use for .....