This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 264 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 264 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The total variety of living organisms in the world is known as A) An ecological pyramid. B) Sustainable development. C) Biodiversity. D) Conservation biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity. 2. During ecological succession, which of the following would be the last things to develop in an area? A) Topsoil. B) Lichens. C) Hardwood trees. D) Annual flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hardwood trees. 3. An inactive state during which normal body activities slow. A) Instinct. B) Camouflage. C) Migration. D) Hibernation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hibernation. 4. If one species is helped, and one is NOT affected, what is the relationship? A) Mutualism. B) Predation. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commensalism. 5. The nitrogen found in the atmosphere is not in a form that plants or animals can use. What converts it into a usable form? A) Bacteria. B) Photosynthesis. C) Decomposition of organisms. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 6. Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor of an ecosystem? A) Soil. B) Water. C) Humans. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans. 7. When aquatic organisms die, they sink to the bottom, so water near the bottom may contain more nutrients than water at other depths. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. The phenomenon by which toxins concentrate in the organisms at higher trophic levels within an ecosystem is known as ..... A) Biotoxicity. B) Biomagnification. C) Eutrophication. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomagnification. 9. Which organisms convert nitrogen to a usable form for plants and animals? A) Plants. B) Some animals. C) Some bacteria. D) Converters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some bacteria. 10. Organisms that eat other organisms to gain energy. A) Autotroph. B) Heterotroph. C) Producer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heterotroph. 11. The movement of water through Earth, its atmosphere and living things A) Carbon cycle. B) Tsnuami. C) Nitrogen cycle. D) Water cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water cycle. 12. The kangaroo rat is able to get all of the water it needs through it's food and therefore, never needs to drink liquid. This animal has adapted to survive in which biome that rains less than 2 inches a year? A) Forest. B) Tundra. C) Desert. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 13. A ..... includes the INTERACTIONS all living and non-living things in an environment. A) Population. B) Niche. C) Abiotic. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecosystem. 14. In Southern California, the intentional reduction of the coyote population has led to a decrease in the types of song birds in that area. Which is a likely explanation why song bird populations have decreased? A) Coyotes feed on animals that prey on song birds. B) Coyotes protect nests built by bird songs. C) Song birds are killed by diseases carried by coyotes. D) Song birds feed on animal matter killed by coyotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coyotes feed on animals that prey on song birds. 15. A group of organisms that are the same species and live in the same area is known as what? A) Ecosystem. B) Species. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 16. Which of the following adaptations would you see from an animal that lives in a desert biome? A) Nocturnal. B) Burrowing. C) Both nocturnal and burrowing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both nocturnal and burrowing. 17. Which of the following is a symbiotic relationship? A) Mutualism. B) Covalent bonds. C) Ionic. D) Chicken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 18. Bacteria are unicellular A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. A specific source of pollution is known as A) Water pollution. B) Point source. C) Non-point source. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point source. 20. The Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis) is a green plant that traps and feeds on flies and other live insects. What is this plant's mode of nutrition? A) Producer and saprotroph. B) Autotroph and detritivore. C) Autotroph and heterotroph. D) Consumer and saprotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autotroph and heterotroph. ← 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