This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 146 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 146 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Consequences A) Reasons. B) Results. C) Ends. D) Consequences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consequences. 2. Abiotic factors in an environment are A) Non-living or never alive. B) Plants. C) Consumers. D) Incisors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-living or never alive. 3. Primary production in aquatic ecosystems are mainly limited by A) Light and temperature. B) Light and nutrients. C) Precipitation and temperature. D) Precipitation and nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light and nutrients. 4. The number of different species in an area is referred to as its ..... A) Population. B) Genetic diversity. C) Biodiversity. D) Niche diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 5. What type of consumer eats ONLY plants? A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) Both herbivore and omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 6. Which of the following describes a food web? A) It shows how food energy passes from one organism to the next. B) It shows the direction that energy flows and each level on the pyramid. C) It is complex and shows the network of many interconnected food chains. D) It is any close relationship between different species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is complex and shows the network of many interconnected food chains. 7. Which of the following is an example for ecosystem A) Grass. B) Forest. C) Lion. D) Stone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forest. 8. Ecology is the study A) Mountains. B) Bodies of Water. C) Interaction of communities. D) Animals only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interaction of communities. 9. The study of the interactions between organisms and the living and nonliving components of their environment. A) Ecology. B) Interdependence. C) Ecological Model. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 10. When graphing population size you can tell when a population has a limiting factor because A) It has changed from a J-shaped graph to an S-shaped graph. B) It has changed from an S-shaped graph to a J-shaped graph. C) All members of the population die. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It has changed from a J-shaped graph to an S-shaped graph. 11. The process by which some organisms make glucose and oxygen from water and and carbon dioxide in the presence of a specific type of energy is called A) Pollination. B) Photosysthesis. C) Scavenging. D) Cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosysthesis. 12. What does compost mean? A) It is a kind of cake. B) It means swimming in the sea. C) It is used for making salad. D) It means:decayed organic materials used as a fertilizer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It means:decayed organic materials used as a fertilizer. 13. In which order do organisms occur in the food chain? A) Carnivore $\rightarrow$ herbivore $\rightarrow$ producer. B) Herbivore $\rightarrow$ carnivore $\rightarrow$ producer. C) Producer $\rightarrow$ carnivore $\rightarrow$ herbivore. D) Producer $\rightarrow$ herbivore $\rightarrow$ carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producer $\rightarrow$ herbivore $\rightarrow$ carnivore. 14. A community interacting with the abiotic parts of its environment, (all the biotic and abiotic parts of an area)is called: A) Population. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 15. Which is a example of a abiotic factor? A) Sharks and algae. B) Humidity and soil. C) Jellyfish. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humidity and soil. 16. Which of the following organisms plays a major role in all phases of the nitrogen cycle? A) Bacteria. B) Fungi. C) Plants. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 17. A pond is a habitat for many fish. What would happen to the fish if there was a long drought? A) They would adapt to the dry environment. B) They would live on other sources of water. C) They would move to another habitat. D) They would be unable to survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They would be unable to survive. 18. Poacher-poacher pollutant-pollutant A) Right. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 19. Organisms that usually eat other organisms to get energy. A) Consumers. B) Decomposers. C) Energy pyramid. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumers. 20. What is the ocean floor called? A) Photic Zone. B) Aphotic Zone. C) Benthic Zone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benthic Zone. ← 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