This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Cannot make its own food A) Autotroph. B) Producer. C) Heterotroph. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heterotroph. 2. Producers make their own ..... ? A) Food/Energy. B) Shelter. C) Ecosystem. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food/Energy. 3. Select the predator-prey relationship A) Lion/gazelle. B) Flea/dog. C) Rabbit/grass. D) Clown fish/anenome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lion/gazelle. 4. Which statement best describes an ecosystem maintaining a state of approximate equilibrium? A) Nutrients from decayed organisms arerecycled in a forest ecosystem. B) All the frog species in a South American rainforest become extinct. C) A mutation spreads through a species ofbacterium, making them unable to decomposewastes. D) Mice are released into a field ecosystem asfood for a declining predator population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nutrients from decayed organisms arerecycled in a forest ecosystem. 5. What gas is released by producers that consumers take in to survive? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Water vapor. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 6. A living part of an ecosystem is called a A) Biotic factor. B) Abiotic factor. C) Organism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic factor. 7. Plants, animals, and bacteria are ..... factors. A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. C) Nonliving. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 8. The temperate forest is a type of terrestrial biome.Which of the following are characteristic of a temperate forest? A) Elk and caribou migrating during the early summer to graze on lichen and grasses. B) Warm weather, plentiful rain, and diverse plant and animal life. C) Cold winters, short summers, and frozen subsoil, even in the summer. D) Warm summers, cold winters, squirrels, and deciduous trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm summers, cold winters, squirrels, and deciduous trees. 9. Which level is said to be a group of the same species living in the same area at the same time? A) Species. B) Population. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population. 10. Birds parent their offspring. A) Habitat. B) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 11. A whale is found in its natural ..... A) Habitat. B) House. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 12. Which of the following is NOT important cycle of matter in the environment? A) Helium cycle. B) Water cycle. C) Carbon cycle. D) Nitrogen cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helium cycle. 13. An ecosystem where water covers the soil or water is near the surface of the soil is called A) A desert. B) An ocean. C) An estuary. D) A wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A wetland. 14. Precipitation means ..... A) Water vapor cooling to form clouds. B) Water running downhill. C) Water falling from the sky. D) Water heating up and rising as gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water falling from the sky. 15. Don't ..... the trees in the forest. A) Cut down. B) Plants. C) Drive. D) Ride. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut down. 16. Global warming A) Greenhouse effect. B) Exhaust fumes. C) Unleaded petrol. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Global warming. 17. An organism that captures energy and stores it in food as chemical energy A) Producer. B) Decoposer. C) Consumer. D) Scavenger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producer. 18. One organism hunts and eats another organism. A) Predation. B) Mutualism. C) Carnivore. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predation. 19. An organism that feeds off another organism and causes it harm. A) Symbiosis. B) Host. C) Parasite. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasite. 20. The sun is the ultimate source of energy for terrestrial ecosystems. Approximately how much of the potential energy available from the sun's rays hitting the earth is used in photosynthesis? A) 1%. B) 10%. C) 25%. D) 59%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1%. ← 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