This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 218 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 218 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:The process by which water moves through the Earth and the atmosphere is called the nitrogen cycle. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Cans of coke A) Bio-waste. B) Glass trash. C) Cola cans. D) Chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cola cans. 3. Not just mere exercise in describing ecological patterns but also requires deep knowledge of species' biological structures in order to classify organisms. A) Taxonomical Ecology. B) Taxonomic Ecology. C) Taxonomy. D) Pattern Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taxonomy. 4. Sea anemone and boxer crabs have a symbiotic relationship in which the crabs hides from it's predators by hiding among an anemones stinging tentacles. The anemone eats food that is left over by the crab. This is an example of ..... A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Mimicry. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 5. What is the defintion of a community? A) A living thing. B) A single organism. C) All the organisms of one species in a habitat. D) All the different species living in a habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the different species living in a habitat. 6. Endemic species are A) Rare species. B) Species localized in a specific region. C) Critically endangered species. D) Cosmopolitan in distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species localized in a specific region. 7. An animal that is hunted as food A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Decoposer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prey. 8. Plants and animals can build up defense against predation through evolution A) Learning. B) Species survival. C) Adaptations. D) Hibernation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adaptations. 9. All organisms of all the different species, living in a habitat are called ..... A) Community. B) Family. C) Ecosystem. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 10. What are the 8 levels of classification of living things from most general to most specific? A) Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. B) Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genius, species. C) Domain, kingdom, phamily, class, order, family, genus, species. D) Domain, king, phillip, class, order, family, genus, species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. 11. All living things in the environment A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 12. In the food pyramid, which level is right above the producer level? A) Primary Consumers. B) First Consumers. C) Secondary Consumer. D) Tertiary Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary Consumers. 13. The amount of sunlight available for plants would be a: A) Limiting factor. B) Abiotic number. C) Carrying capacity. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting factor. 14. Dead organisms A) Consumers. B) Quadribores. C) Detritus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Detritus. 15. Which process uses oxygen in plants, algae, and animals? A) Photosynthesis. B) Respiration. C) Chemosynthesis. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiration. 16. The links of a food chain represent energy steps called A) Power levels. B) Trophic levels. C) Food steps. D) Prey levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trophic levels. 17. Which may lead to air pollution? A) Fires, but not volcanic activity. B) Fires and earthquakes. C) Sandstorms, but not volcanic mountain activity. D) Sand storms, as well as volcanic mountain activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand storms, as well as volcanic mountain activity. 18. A female Atlantic green turtle is born with the need to travel to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean to lay eggs in the sand. This behavior is best described as ..... A) Hibernation. B) Instinct. C) Mutation. D) Variation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instinct. 19. If an ecosystem has a carrying capacity of 1, 000 individuals for a given species & 2, 000 individuals of that species are present, we can predict that the population ..... A) Will show a clumped dispersion pattern. B) Size will remain at equilibrium. C) Size will slowly increase. D) Size will decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Size will decrease. 20. The interaction in which one organism kills another for food is ..... A) Community. B) Competition. C) Ecology. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predation. ← 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