This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 170 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 170 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which kind of factor is this? weather A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 2. Organisms that must get their energy from other organisms A) Omnivores. B) Feeders. C) Heterotrophs. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heterotrophs. 3. Similar organisms that can reproduce with each other are considered to be members of the same ..... A) Community. B) Species. C) Biosphere. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 4. If there are 10, 000KCal unites of nergy available for the producers, and a lion is the secondary consumer in a food chain, how many calories does the lion get A) 1. B) 10. C) 100. D) 1000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100. 5. What is an example of a properly ordered food chain? A) Fungi, grass, grasshopper, bird. B) Grass, cow, bird. C) Grain, mouse, snake, hawk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grain, mouse, snake, hawk. 6. The number of people in a defined area such as a square kilometre A) Population density. B) Birth rate. C) Death rate. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population density. 7. All the members of a species that live in one place at one time A) Ecosystem. B) Community. C) Population. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 8. ..... is many different species living together, interacting with each other and their physical environment. A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. E) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 9. Tropical rain forests tend to have soils that are nutrient poor, and most of the nutrients are found in the top few inches of the soil.Which adaptation is most likely found in tropical trees? A) Deep root systems. B) Shallow root systems. C) Needles. D) Pine cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shallow root systems. 10. An animal that eats plants and meat is a(n) ..... A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Omnivore. 11. Animals with backbones that spend part of their life in water and part on land A) Fishes. B) Reptiles. C) Amphibians. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amphibians. 12. A bird eats a worm. Who is the prey? A) Worm. B) The bird and the worm. C) Bird. D) Neither the bird or the worm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worm. 13. Which of the following shows the levels of organization in order from the smallest to the largest? A) Organism, population, community, ecosystem. B) Ecosystem, community, population, organism. C) Population, organism, community, ecosystem. D) Organism, community, population, ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism, population, community, ecosystem. 14. Things that keep the population from growing are called ..... A) Limiting factors. B) Carrying capacity. C) Demography. D) Dispersion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting factors. 15. When a jellyfish paralyzes a tiny fish with its poisonous tentacles, the fish is the A) Predator. B) Prey. C) Host. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prey. 16. Where all life exists; Everything in water, on land, and in air A) Biosphere. B) Ecosystem. C) Community. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 17. A strip mining company wants to lease some land that is currently part of a national park. They promise to reclaim the land should any minerals be mined from the area, and they are willing to pay top dollar for the rights. As an ecologist, what factors would you raise with the local government? A) The threat to local biodiversity. B) Management of the land after the company leaves. C) The new jobs that would be created. D) The increased traffic in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The threat to local biodiversity. 18. The lion is the natural predator of the zebra. If the zebra population drops, the lion population will most likely A) Drop. B) Thrive. C) Be unaffected. D) Decrease, then increase exponentially. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drop. 19. Which of the following is a way a person could conserve natural resources? A) Recycling waste materials like plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum. B) Limiting water use when showering, brushing teeth, and shaving. C) Using rechargeable batteries. D) All of the above are good conservation practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are good conservation practices. 20. What are all biotic and abiotic things that interact in an area? A) Ecosystem. B) Environment. C) Plants. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. ← 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