This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 215 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 215 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Grass that gains energy from the sun is an example of a A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Decoposer. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 2. The suffix-ology means? A) Life, living. B) The study of. C) Adjective former. D) Ball, round. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The study of. 3. Which is an effect of climate change? A) Melting of sea ice. B) Burning of fossil fuels. C) Cutting down trees. D) Vehicle exhaust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting of sea ice. 4. Only found in Plants, these organelles are filled with a green pigment called chlorophyll. They capture sunlight and turn it into energy A) Cell wall. B) Chloroplasts. C) Vacuoles. D) Lysosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chloroplasts. 5. What is permafrost? A) Soil that has thawed. B) Soils that is always frozen. C) A plant in the tundra. D) Muddy soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soils that is always frozen. 6. Worms, plankton and frogs are all Biotic Factors. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which of these organisms can be classified as a decomposer? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 8. Hawks and owls eat the same thing. That relationship is called ..... A) Succession. B) Excretion. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Competition. 9. In addition to carbon dioxide, which of these greenhouse gases is the most significant? A) Methane. B) Ozone. C) Nitrogen oxides. D) Water vapour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water vapour. 10. Reduce the population by the same proportion regardless of the populations size A) Density-independent factors. B) Density-independent factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Density-independent factors. 11. The variations between individuals of a species based on characteristics passed on from parents. (ex:golden retrievers, labs, and pitbulls are all the same species) A) Ecosystem Diversity. B) Genetic Diversity. C) Species Diversity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic Diversity. 12. Inherited trait that increases an organism's chances of survival A) Natural selection. B) Adaptations. C) Competition. D) Camouflage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adaptations. 13. The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment A) Geology. B) Biology. C) Ecology. D) Physiology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecology. 14. What is organic waste? A) Waste from plants and animals is called organic waste. B) Food that we are eating. C) Waste from plastics. D) Waste from glass materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waste from plants and animals is called organic waste. 15. Which type of organisms break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients to the soil? A) Predators. B) Decomposers. C) Pathogens. D) Parasites. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposers. 16. Logistic growth has 3 phases. In Phase 1, the population grows rapidly. In Phase 2, population grows slowly. In Phase 3, growth stops. What causes growth to stop in the 3rd phase of logistic growth? A) Emigration. B) Immigration. C) Exponential Growth. D) Carrying Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying Capacity. 17. Which of the following will most likely limit the photosynthetic productivity in the open ocean? A) Large amounts of nutrients. B) High carbon dioxide. C) Low level of nitrogen. D) Limited amounts of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limited amounts of light. 18. Symbiotic relationship where both species benefit. A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 19. Which of the following has the levels of organization in the correct order? A) Population-Species-Community-Ecosystem-Biome-Biospehere. B) Species-Population-Community-Ecosystem-Biome-Biosphere. C) Species-Community-Population-Biome-Ecosystem-Biospehre. D) Community-Population-Species-Biome-Ecosystem-Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species-Population-Community-Ecosystem-Biome-Biosphere. 20. Indicate the biotic and abiotic factors that affect the distribution of organisms in an environment. Mutualism A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. ← 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