This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 181 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 181 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is Not one of the keywords required for you to record today for the Tundra biome? A) Treeless. B) Permafrost. C) Cold Desert. D) Snowy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Snowy. 2. Water on ..... is billions of years old. A) Earth. B) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earth. 3. Choose the correct order of the water cycle? A) Run off, transpiration, condensation, evaporation, precipitation. B) Evaporation/transpiration, condensation, precipitation, run off. C) Precipitation, run off, condensation, transpiration, evaporation. D) Evaporation/transpiration, run off, precipitation, condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation/transpiration, condensation, precipitation, run off. 4. What are 3 basic needs for a living thing? A) Hair brush, ecosystem, and donuts. B) Food, Water, and Clothes. C) Food, Oxygen, and electronics. D) Food, Water, and Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food, Water, and Oxygen. 5. A form of symbiosis where both organisms benefit A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Vaderism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 6. What is the term for succession after a fire or flood where soil is present? A) Secondary Succession. B) Primary Succession. C) Carrying Capacity. D) Pioneer Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary Succession. 7. How is primary succession different from secondary succession? A) Primary succession starts with soil. B) Secondary succession start with bare rock. C) Primary succession starts with bare rock, with lichens and moss. D) Fire is an example of primary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary succession starts with bare rock, with lichens and moss. 8. In many desert ecosystems, days are hot and nights are cold. Water is scarce, so animals seek water wherever possible. The spines of a cactus are actually leaves adapted to conserve water. The cactus plants have also adapted to live in thin, sandy soil. Which of the following is a biotic component of a desert ecosystem? A) The thin, sandy soil. B) The wide temperature range. C) The scarcity of water. D) The spiny cactus leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The spiny cactus leaves. 9. A biome is more complicated than an ecosystem because it considers the ..... A) Animals. B) Plants. C) Climate. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 10. A consumer captured and eaten by another consumer A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Decomposers. D) Herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prey. 11. Multiple food chains can be combined to make a ..... A) Energy pyramid. B) Food web. C) Food chain. D) Energy circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food web. 12. What is the difference between the community level and the ecosystem level? A) Community contains abiotic factors. B) Ecosystems do not contain biotic factors. C) Ecosystems contain abiotic factors and communities do not. D) Communities contain animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystems contain abiotic factors and communities do not. 13. What do ecosystems have that the other three levels of organization do not have? A) Living things. B) Biotic factors. C) Abiotic factors. D) Organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abiotic factors. 14. Which of the following terrestrial biomes receives the largest amount of rainfall per year? A) Desert. B) Prarie. C) Savanna. D) Deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deciduous forest. 15. Examples of cultural elements of the environment are: A) Language, arts, religion. B) Language, animal behavior, music. C) Animal behavior, human behavior, insect behavior. D) Human societies and insect societies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language, arts, religion. 16. Sublimation occurs when water changes to water vapor. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Herbivores eat: A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Both plants and animals. D) Dead organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants. 18. A(n) ..... is a model that shows the amount of energy avail-able in each link of a food chain. A) Biographer. B) Diorama. C) Energy pyramid. D) Food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy pyramid. 19. Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere? A) Combustion. B) Respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 20. Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation? A) Snow. B) Sleet. C) Rain. D) Fog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fog. ← 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