This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 278 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 278 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the simplest level of organization within the environment? A) Organism. B) Population. C) Community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism. 2. A type of consumer that eats primary consumers is called a ..... A) Herbivore. B) Prey. C) Tertiary Consumer. D) Secondary Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary Consumer. 3. Conservation is the act of conserving, or protecting the environment, plants, and animals. Why is this so important? What are some things you can do to help conserve our environment? A) Leave water on, leave TV on, run dishwasher with 1 plate. B) Run the washing machine with 1 shirt. C) Leave the refrigerator door open. D) Turn off water, turn off lights, turn off TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turn off water, turn off lights, turn off TV. 4. An heterotroph is another word for a ....., meaning it needs to ..... A) Consumer, eat other organisms. B) Consumer, go through photosynthesis. C) Producer, make its own food. D) Producer, survive without water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumer, eat other organisms. 5. The 10% rule states that 10% of energy moves from each trophic level to the next.In the pyramid, if the producers level contains 1234 kilocalories, how many kilocalories are transferred to the bird (apex predator)? A) 123.4. B) 1.234. C) 1234. D) 1234. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.234. 6. In the energy pyramid, an organism that eats a producer is called the ..... A) Primary consumer. B) Secondary consumer. C) Tertiary consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary consumer. 7. Autotrophs who capture energy and use it to make organic molecules A) Biotic factor. B) Abiotic factor. C) Niche. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producer. 8. The variety of living things in an area or ecosystem A) Ecosystem. B) Biome. C) Community. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity. 9. Wolves hunt in pack for a more successful hunt. A) Habitat. B) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 10. Which of these is a strategy to avoid unfavorable environmental conditions? A) Acclimation. B) Hibernation. C) Pollination. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hibernation. 11. The study of relationships between biotic and abiotic factors interacting in the same area. A) Ecology. B) Biology. C) Zoology. D) Botany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 12. Globally, the leading cause of biodiversity loss is A) Invasive species. B) Poaching and overharvesting. C) Pollution. D) Habitat change and loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat change and loss. 13. A large area that has a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities A) Ecosystem. B) Habitat. C) Niche. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biome. 14. Birds eating insects off the back of a hippopotamus is an example of A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 15. A lion killing a zebra is an example of what kind of symbiotic relationship? A) Predation. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predation. 16. The variety of life in an area that is determined by the number of different species in that area. A) Biodiversity. B) Genetic diversity. C) Species diversity. D) Ecosystem diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biodiversity. 17. Name one animal that lives in the Tundra. A) Birds. B) Polar Bear. C) Fox. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polar Bear. 18. The 1st trophic level in an energy pyramid has 100 units of energy. How much energy would the 3rd trophic level get? A) 100 units. B) 10 units. C) 1 unit. D) .01 unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 unit. 19. This type of succession occurs after a volcano erupts or a glacier recedes ..... A) Apex succession. B) Primary succession. C) Secondary succession. D) Tertiary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary succession. 20. A location where an organism lives A) Community. B) Habitat. C) Population. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. ← 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