This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 272 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 272 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Estuary water should have A) Less salt than the ocean. B) More salt than the ocean. C) No salt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Less salt than the ocean. 2. Organisms that eat only meat are A) Carnivores. B) Herbivores. C) Omnivores. D) More destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnivores. 3. This biome has low biodiversity is subarid and subarctic and has poor soil quality A) Desert. B) Tundra. C) Taiga. D) Marine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taiga. 4. What is a native specie? A) A specie that is local and has lived in the same place. B) A specie who has come from another state or country. C) A specie that has no "home" and travels for its whole life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A specie that is local and has lived in the same place. 5. Occurs when ice and snow change directly to water vapor A) Sublimation. B) Nitrogen cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sublimation. 6. Which of these is NOT a freshwater biome? A) Coral reef. B) Flowing water. C) Wetlands. D) Ponds and lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coral reef. 7. Select the right translation:waste A) Waste. B) Size. C) Sale. D) Heavy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waste. 8. Many science words can be easily broken down to find their true meaning. Look at the PREFIX below and match it to its meaning. BIO A) Home. B) Life. C) Not. D) Without. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life. 9. A science that studies the living conditions of living organisms, their relationship with each other and the surrounding inorganic nature. A) Physiology. B) Medicine. C) Economy. D) Geology. E) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Ecology. 10. Consist of non living things in an ecosystem A) Physical environment. B) Living environment. C) Food chain. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical environment. 11. What are two processes by which autotrophs make food? A) Chemosynthesis and photosynthesis. B) Photosynthesis and respiration. C) Chemosynthesis and decomposition. D) Decomposition and combustion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemosynthesis and photosynthesis. 12. An exchange pool holds an element or water for a ..... period. A) Short. B) Fossil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short. 13. Which event would not cause secondary succession? A) Forest fire. B) Flooding of a valley. C) Volcanic lava flow. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic lava flow. 14. An organism that east meat is called an ..... A) Omnivore. B) Herbivore. C) Carnivore. D) Meat eater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carnivore. 15. In a simple food chain, small fish eat algae; bigger fish eat the smaller fish; bears eat the bigger fish. Using the above scenario, which of these would have the largest amount of energy? A) Algae. B) Bears. C) Big fish. D) Small fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algae. 16. What type of symbiosis? **Kudzu vines grow by climbing, and wrapping around trees. **Kundzu covered trees die as they are smothered and break under the weight of the growing Kudzu vines. A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predation. 17. Which of the entities is non-gaseous? A) Energy. B) Sulphur. C) Nitrogen. D) Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy. 18. This biome generally has 4 seasons. A) Boreal forest (Taiga). B) Arctic tundra. C) Desert. D) Temperate deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperate deciduous forest. 19. In the food chain system, what function do fungi play? A) Manufacturer. B) Decomposer. C) Consumer. D) Hunter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposer. 20. Charles Darwin observed species while working on the HMS Beagle. What was his job? A) To observe the weather and climate at different locations. B) Study the formation of landscapes. C) Understand living things he saw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand living things he saw. ← 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