Ecology Quiz 130 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the main source of energy for any food chain?

Correct Answer: C) Sun.

2. Tapeworms enter the body of their host. They live by taking nutrients from the host organism. This is an example of

Correct Answer: C) Parasitism.

3. Are Climate Change and Global Warming the same thing?

Correct Answer: C) No.

4. These do not have a nucleus

Correct Answer: A) Prokaryotes.

5. What is labeled as 5?

Correct Answer: D) Biome.

6. Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment.

Correct Answer: B) Parasiticim.

7. In an ecosystem, living things are called ..... factors and non-living things are called ..... factors.

Correct Answer: A) Biotic; abiotic.

8. What processes mean scientists have come to a consensus that global warming is real?

Correct Answer: C) C Systematic review of thousands of peer reviewed publications.

9. A detrtivore is:

Correct Answer: C) An organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter.

10. What would a human that eats BOTH PLANTS AND ANIMALS be considered in a food chain?

Correct Answer: D) Omnivore.

11. A carnivore eats

Correct Answer: C) Animals only.

12. An environmental factor such as storms and extreme heat or cold that affects population regardless of their density

Correct Answer: D) Density-independent factor.

13. An example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem would be

Correct Answer: A) The water in the river that flows through the forest.

14. Producer, primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers are considered what?

Correct Answer: B) The trophic levels.

15. Bacteria

Correct Answer: A) Biotic.

16. The "Three Rs" are "Reduce, Reuse, Renewables"

Correct Answer: B) False.

17. All the populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

Correct Answer: A) Community.

18. Which of the following is the largest level of organization?

Correct Answer: A) Biosphere.

19. What is another name for producers?

Correct Answer: A) Autotroph.

20. What does hibernation mean?

Correct Answer: C) To go into a deep sleep.