This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 222 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 222 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The maximum population that an environment can reasonably sustain is its ..... A) Weight Limit. B) Sustainability Cap. C) Carrying Capacity. D) Bearable Load. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carrying Capacity. 2. All populations of all species living in an ecosystem. A) Population. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 3. Organisms that makes its own food using sunlight or chemicals; producer A) Decoposer. B) Autotroph. C) Heterotroph. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autotroph. 4. Volcano erupting would be an example of what type of succession? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. 5. Put the levels of organization in order from smallest to largest: A) Population, organism, ecosystem, biosphere, community. B) Ecosystem, population, organism, community, biosphere. C) Organism, population, ecosystem, biosphere, community. D) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere. 6. Animals sometimes eat the same food source. A lion and a hyena may ..... over food. A) Text. B) Increase. C) Compete. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compete. 7. Although phosphorus is of great biological importance, it is not very common in the biosphere. Why is this? A) Phosphorus doesn't enter the atmosphere. B) Phosphorus doesn't cycle through food webs. C) Phosphorus have been depleted by biological organism. D) Phosphorus evaporates easily and is quickly destroyed by sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phosphorus doesn't cycle through food webs. 8. The next are branches of ecology, except: A) Physics. B) Pollution ecology. C) Space ecology. D) Community ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physics. 9. Whats a example of parasitism? A) A infected tick biting a human. B) A bird eating bugs off of a zebra. C) A hawk building its nest on a cactus. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A infected tick biting a human. 10. Why might a population in a food web decrease? A) Too much food. B) Less predators. C) More predators. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More predators. 11. Which of the following is NOT an example of a predator with its prey? A) A fox and a rabbit. B) A bear and a fish. C) A honeybee and flower. D) A spider and a fly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A honeybee and flower. 12. Where do ARROWS in a Food Web point? A) To the animal that will be consumed and who is giving the energy. B) To the animal that will consume and receive energy. C) To the animal that will be consumed and receive energy. D) To the producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the animal that will consume and receive energy. 13. All the populations that live together in an area make up a A) Species. B) Population. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Community. 14. Consumers that eat producers are A) Autotrophs. B) Producers. C) Primary consumers. D) Tertiary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary consumers. 15. Which of the following biomes has the greatest biomass (weight of everything in it) A) Extreme deserts. B) Open oceans. C) Taiga. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open oceans. 16. Which type of cell has no nucleus? A) Eukaryote. B) Prokaryotes. C) Animal. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prokaryotes. 17. Who is the Indian father of ecology? A) Ramdeo Misra. B) Jagadish Chandra Bose. C) Eugene Odum. D) Charles Darwin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ramdeo Misra. 18. What kind of soil is found in the desert? A) Humus. B) Sand. C) Dirt. D) Flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand. 19. How much energy moves from one level to another in the energy pyramid? A) 90%. B) 10%. C) 50%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10%. 20. Which of these is good for nature? A) To throw out garbage (on the street). B) To clean up the garbage (on the street). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To clean up the garbage (on the street). ← 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