This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What process converts nitrogen gas into ammonia that can be used by other organisms? A) Nitrification. B) Nitrogen Fixation. C) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria. 2. A " ..... '' refers to the order of events in an ecosystem, where one living organism eats another organism, and later that organism is consumed by another larger organism A) Food chain. B) Ecosystem. C) Greenhouse effect. D) Human impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food chain. 3. Areas that are dominated by grasses and animals that are of a similar color to the grasses. A) Forest. B) Taiga. C) Grasslands. D) Farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grasslands. 4. An animal that hunts other animals is called a ..... A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Producer. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Predator. 5. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is not harmed. A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commensalism. 6. A close relationship between two species that benefits BOTH species: A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 7. Which statement best describes how water cycles in the environment? A) Water only cycles from plants to animals. B) Water only cycles between plants and the soil. C) Water only cycles between animals and the hydrosphere. D) Water cycles between living things and the nonliving parts of Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water cycles between living things and the nonliving parts of Earth. 8. What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called? A) Aquifer. B) Spring. C) Well. D) Reservoir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aquifer. 9. What kind of organisms can become invasive? A) Lions, Tigers, Bears. B) Plants, Animals, or Pathogens. C) Animals. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants, Animals, or Pathogens. 10. Water vapor released into the atmosphere from the leaves of plants is called ..... A) Evaporation. B) Perspiration. C) Precipitation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transpiration. 11. Organisms that only eat vegetation are A) Carnivores. B) Herbivores. C) Omnivores. D) More destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivores. 12. What is a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed? A) Parasitism. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 13. Are the living things within the biosphere A) Biosphere. B) Biota. C) Geosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biota. 14. Is there water in the ..... ? A) Book. B) Bag. C) Bottle. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bottle. 15. An organism that eats other organisms to live A) Predator. B) Prey. C) Parasites. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predator. 16. Indicate the biotic and abiotic factors that affect the distribution of organisms in an environment. Temperature A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 17. All of the living and non-living features of an environment A) Ecosystem. B) Ecology. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. 18. Gradual, natural change and species replacement that takes place in the communities of an ecosystem over time A) Succession. B) Limiting factor. C) Climax community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Succession. 19. Which of the following is the most crucial role of fungi in a balanced ecosystem? A) They act as autotrophs that turn energy from the Sun into glucose and oxygen. B) They serve as decomposers and recycle nutrients. C) They serve as tertiary consumers. D) They serve as primary producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They serve as decomposers and recycle nutrients. 20. For the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle to function properly, which organism must always be present? A) Decomposers. B) Consumers. C) Producers. D) Herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers. ← 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