Ecology Quiz 230 (20 MCQs)

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1. I am Mother Nature's recycler because I take dead things and turn them back into soil.
2. What does endangered mean?
3. A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species is called .....
4. Which one of the following is an environmental variation?
5. A food web is composed of many .....
6. What does "cannibalism" mean in French?
7. Putting scientific knowledge to practical use is called .....
8. Certain individuals of a species being "fitter, " passing down traits which make them more successful in their environment.
9. A bird nests in a tree. This relationship is an example of ..... in ecosystems.
10. In an ecosystem, a biotic or abiotic resource that over time can keep organism populations "in check" is known as a .....
11. Carbon is stored in the atmosphere, in living organisms, and as ..... fuel deposits.
12. How does carbon get from plants to animals?
13. An autotroph is another word for a ....., meaning it needs to .....
14. When a parasitic tapeworm gets inside a dog's intestine to obtain food, who is the parasite?
15. Who introduced the term lithosphere?
16. This biome has very short, warm summers and very cold winters. In spring, parts of forest become swamp, known as "swam forest" or "Taiga" in Russian. Best known for trees with needles.
17. Which of these describes the rainforest?
18. Which of the following describes the role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert
19. Dropping leaves in the fall is a characteristic of what type of tree?
20. Where are hurricanes most likely to do the most damage?