This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 128 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 128 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Next the honey guide birds eat. A) Symbiosis. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mutualism. 2. European rabbits were released into the Australian wild in 1859. They had no predators and found plenty of grasses, roots, fruit and seeds to eat. Rabbits likely impacted the Australian ecosystem in all of the following ways EXCEPT- A) Decrease in number and types of plants. B) Fewer animals with a diet that includes plants. C) Erosion of soil held in place by plants. D) Shorter time for plants to produce seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shorter time for plants to produce seeds. 3. Invasive species can ..... A) Increase biodiversity. B) Decrease biodiversity. C) Help biodiversity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decrease biodiversity. 4. Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms. A) Decomposers. B) Producers. C) Consumers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers. 5. The California condor, the mountain gorrila and the northern white rhinoceros are just a few examples of the world's most ..... A) Dumping site. B) Global warming. C) Environment. D) Endangered species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endangered species. 6. Energy pyramid importance A) Showing nergy flow in the ecosystem. B) The old pyrimds. C) The meat and plant together. D) Dead organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Showing nergy flow in the ecosystem. 7. Which type of ecosystem would be able to recover more quickly from a species going extinct? A) An ecosystem with low biodiversity. B) An ecosystem with high biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ecosystem with high biodiversity. 8. How many coliforms are in dirty water? A) 1 bacterium per 10cm3. B) 15 bacterium per 45cm3. C) 100 bacterium per 100m3. D) 1 bacterium per 100cm3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 bacterium per 100cm3. 9. A cow walking through a field and a bird eating the bugs it disturbs A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Vaderism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commensalism. 10. The portion of the planet where life exists is termed the A) Ecology. B) Biomes. C) Ecosystem. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biosphere. 11. What process occurs when tiny water droplets cling together in the atmosphere? A) Clouds. B) Evaporation. C) Condensation. D) Accumulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 12. The top 200 meters of a body of water is known as the A) Photic zone. B) Bateric zone. C) Benthos zone. D) Lateral zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photic zone. 13. An organism which is only found on ONE place on the planet is said to be ..... A) Endangered. B) Endemic. C) Extinct. D) Threatened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endemic. 14. What type of symbiosis? *Snapping Shrimp have poor and depend on their goby fish roommate to give the danger signal when predators come and guide them back home if they wander too far. * Goby fish who don't have a place to hide are quickly eaten. They find a Snapping Shrimp roommate who digs a hole for both to live in. A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 15. Which of the following statements concerning a food web is INCORRECT? A) Food webs show how much energy flows through an ecosystem. B) The company of food webs in most ecosystems makes them very stable. C) Food webs have more than one organism feeding at different trophic levels. D) Food webs can be used to predict the results of disturbances in the community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food webs show how much energy flows through an ecosystem. 16. Use a ..... to water your plants. A) Pipe. B) Water. C) Watering can. D) Cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Watering can. 17. In which type of symbiotic relationship does the predator eat it's prey? A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predation. 18. What adaptation does a musk ox have that allows it to survive in a cold climate. A) Claws. B) Horns. C) Round eyes. D) Fur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fur. 19. What is the overall purpose of photosynthesis? A) To use energy from the sun to produce food for the plant. B) To use energy from the sun to produce oxygen for animals to breathe. C) To break down food in order to produce energy (ATP). D) To break down food in order to produce carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To use energy from the sun to produce food for the plant. 20. The arrows in a food chain show A) Who is eating who. B) Where the animal will travel. C) Where the animal has come from. D) The flow of energy from one organism to the next. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The flow of energy from one organism to the next. ← 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