This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 171 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 171 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Earth's solid rock layer-one of 4 spheres into which scientists divide Earth A) Atmosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 2. The term ecologists use to describe the number of individuals moving into a population is A) Emigration. B) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immigration. 3. Within an ecosystem, there will be more ..... than ..... A) Carnivores, herbivores. B) Herbivores, carnivores. C) Animals, plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivores, carnivores. 4. The diagram shows a food chain in a rock pool.seaweed $\rightarrow$ whelks $\rightarrow$ crabs $\rightarrow$ seagullsWhat will happen if the number of secondary consumers increases? There will be A) Fewer crabs. B) Fewer seagulls. C) Fewer whelks. D) Less seaweed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fewer whelks. 5. Gary wolves and lynx are consumers found in the ..... A) Savanna. B) Deciduous forest. C) Taiga. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taiga. 6. All living things in an ecosystem, including animals, bacteria, plants, fungi, and other living species A) Ecology. B) Limiting factor. C) Biotic factor. D) Abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic factor. 7. Which is NOT one of the four steps in Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection? A) Overproduction. B) Biodiversity. C) Variation. D) Competition. E) Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 8. The organisms that make up a community and the nonliving parts of the environment that they interact with are a(n) A) Population. B) Community. C) Habitat. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 9. A population contains A) Only one species. B) Multiple species. C) Living and non-living components. D) All the similar biomes across the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Only one species. 10. What do you call a period of rapid growth? A) Exponential growth. B) Logistic growth. C) Emigration. D) Predator-prey cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exponential growth. 11. Which biome consists of very low precipitation and can be hot or cold? A) Savanna. B) Tropical rainforest. C) Tundra. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 12. A snake is eaten by a hawk. The hawk is the ..... A) Prey. B) Parasite. C) Predator. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predator. 13. If several species of carnivores are removed from an ecosystem, the most likely effect on the ecosystem would be: A) A decrease in stability among populations. B) An increase in the rate of succession. C) An increase in the number of abiotic factors. D) An increase in the kind of autotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A decrease in stability among populations. 14. What is the basic unit of the study of nature A) Ecology. B) Ecosystems. C) Biomes. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystems. 15. Plants make their own food A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What do Herbivores eat? A) Plants ONLY. B) Animals ONLY. C) Plants AND Animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants ONLY. 17. The study of interactions that occur among organisms in their environment. A) Ecosystem. B) Ecology. C) Niche. D) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 18. One way a population increases is if there is an increase in the A) Birth rate. B) Death rate. C) Natural hazards. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth rate. 19. Organisms that cannot make their own food A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Herbivore. D) Omnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 20. When dead plants decompose and nitrogen is returned to the soil, the interaction is between which two spheres? A) The biosphere and atmosphere. B) The atmosphere and geosphere. C) The geosphere and atmosphere. D) The biosphere and geosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The biosphere and geosphere. ← 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