This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 221 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 221 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The three steps of the water cycle include: A) Condensation, precipitation, filtration. B) Filtration, irrigation, evaporation. C) Precipitation, condensation, evaporation. D) Precipitation, filtration, evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precipitation, condensation, evaporation. 2. On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond? A) Cold, rainy. B) Cold, sunny. C) Warm, rainy. D) Warm, sunny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm, sunny. 3. Which is the correct order of energy flow A) Producer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, primary consumer. B) Producer, secondary consumer, primary consumer, tertiary consumer. C) Producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer. D) Tertiary consumer, secondary consumer, primary consumer, producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer. 4. Which catastrophic event will most likely have the effect of returning an ecosystem to primary succession? A) To tornado. B) A volcanic eruption. C) A flood. D) A drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A volcanic eruption. 5. A squirrels niche would be ..... A) Hunting prey and providing meat for other squirrels. B) Searching for fish to eat in the ocean. C) Staying busy storing nuts and seeds for winter. D) Help decompose other animals and plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Staying busy storing nuts and seeds for winter. 6. The change in the physical state of water from gas to liquid is called? A) Evaporation. B) Run off. C) Condensation. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condensation. 7. What is included in an ecosystem? A) Only biotic organisms. B) Only abiotic organisms. C) Biotic and abiotic living together. D) Bitoic and some abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic and abiotic living together. 8. Nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called A) Abiotic factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Rocks and dirt. D) Furniture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factors. 9. Popultion decrease is due to A) Immigration. B) Immigration. C) Energy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigration. 10. The role an organism plays in the environment. A) Habitat. B) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 11. Which major changes in human society and the environment occurred during the Industrial Revolution? A) People lived in small tribes; many mammals went extinct. B) Domesticated plants were altered; forest was replaced with farmland. C) Fossil fuel consumption, technological efficiency, and environmental pollution increased. D) Common grazing areas were replaced with closed fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuel consumption, technological efficiency, and environmental pollution increased. 12. Which of the following are all abiotic? A) Temperature, Light, Rain, Gravity, Heat. B) Water, Fish, Insects, Lily Plants. C) Dogs, Meat, Cats, Catnip. D) Lion, Pride Rock, Warthog, Meerkat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature, Light, Rain, Gravity, Heat. 13. Which level contains all the biotic and abiotic factors in a specific area and includes the climate? A) Species. B) Biome. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biome. 14. Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by trapping more ..... in the atmosphere. A) Water. B) Gases. C) Heat. D) Water vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heat. 15. The movement of an organism into another population is what term? A) Emigration. B) Immigration. C) Migrating. D) Relocating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emigration. 16. What feature of a bird did Darwin study in depth? A) Size. B) Color. C) How they fly. D) Beak shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beak shape. 17. All living things in an environment A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Geographic. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 18. How is energy transferred between organisms in a food chain? A) Combustion. B) Ingestion. C) Photosynthesis. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ingestion. 19. In some parts of the world, forests are being cut down and burned to clear land for new homes and new farmland. A negative effect of these activities might be A) An increase in global warming. B) Destruction of the ozone shield. C) A decrease in the average temperature of theatmosphere. D) An increase in biodiversity of the deforestedareas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An increase in global warming. 20. Bottle cap A) Bottle cap. B) Bottle map. 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