Ecology Quiz 24 (20 MCQs)

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1. The acid rain

Correct Answer: A) Acid rain.

2. Is sunlight an abiotic or biotic factor?

Correct Answer: A) Abiotic.

3. ..... levels are the positions in a food chain or food web

Correct Answer: B) Trophic.

4. What is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

Correct Answer: C) Water.

5. Occurs when water on the surface changes to water vapor

Correct Answer: B) Evaporation.

6. The terrifying anglerfish lives between 100 and 400 feet below sea level.

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. A group of different species that live together and interact in an environment are called a/an .....

Correct Answer: A) Community.

8. How do lichens contribute to primary succession?

Correct Answer: B) Lichens begin to break down rock to form soil.

9. Which definition best fits the term BIOTIC?

Correct Answer: B) Factors in the environment that are considered living or the remains of living things.

10. Process that converts atmospheric CO2 and water into a form that animals can ingest as food

Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis.

11. ..... are consumers.

Correct Answer: B) All animals.

12. A single organism is called

Correct Answer: C) Individual.

13. Which of the following would most likely be a carnivore with no natural predators?

Correct Answer: D) Tertiary consumer.

14. A biome in the world that has forests that lose their leaves seasonally is

Correct Answer: B) Deciduous biome.

15. Which type of dispersion is most common?

Correct Answer: A) Clumped.

16. A testable prediction is a(n) .....

Correct Answer: A) Hypothesis.

17. What is the order of ecological organization from most inclusive to most specific?

Correct Answer: D) Biosphere-ecosystem-community-population-organism.

18. A squirrel's habitat in a dead log is considered a ..... factor

Correct Answer: B) Abiotic.

19. The number of trophic levels in an ecosystem are limited by .....

Correct Answer: A) The number of producers.

20. Which is an example of an abiotic factor in a pond environment?

Correct Answer: A) The water.