This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A nonliving element in an ecosystem is known as what? A) Population. B) Abiotic factor. C) Biotic factor. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic factor. 2. Eutrophication is caused by A) Runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients. B) Cleaning up waterways. C) Using nuclear energy. D) Using solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients. 3. What is NOT one example of how an invasive species affects the environment? A) Out competes other organisms for food/resources. B) Preys on species it normally would not. C) Creates absolutely NO change to the environment. D) Has no natural predators so it is not easily hunted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creates absolutely NO change to the environment. 4. Emigration means ..... A) Living things leave a place to move permanently somewhere else. B) People migrating INTO a country. C) Animals moving with the season. D) The action of coming to live permanently in another country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living things leave a place to move permanently somewhere else. 5. What is the first sources of energy that enters the ecosystems? A) Kinetic energy. B) Chemical energy. C) Sunlight. D) Nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 6. Who is known as the "father" of evolution? A) Charles Darwin. B) Steve Erwin. C) Albert Einstein. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Darwin. 7. Example of secondary consumer A) Worm. B) Bird. C) Bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bird. 8. What is at the beginning of a food chain? A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Producer. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer. 9. Which of the following can be both primary and secondary consumers? A) Herbivores. B) Carnivores. C) Omnivores. D) More destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivores. 10. Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) Tropical rainforest. D) Pine forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical rainforest. 11. The jaguar can be found in the Amazon Rainforest. Jaguars are known to eat more than 85 species of prey, including armadillos, deer, squirrels, fish, and turtles. When the jaguar eats an armadillo, what is the role of the jaguar in the food chain? A) Herbivore. B) Consumer. C) Omnivore. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 12. Organisms at the bottom of an energy pyramid have the ..... amount of energy. A) Most. B) Least. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most. 13. Evidence is ..... A) A statement or conclusion that answers a question. B) Scientific data that supports the claim. C) A justification that connects the claim to the evidence. D) Not vital when using an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific data that supports the claim. 14. Plants release water vapor into the air through their leaves, this is called A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Transpiration. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 15. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of purified water to be evaporated. A) Precipitation. B) Concentration. C) Transpiration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 16. What is the ecological term for a group of different types of organisms that live together and interact with each other? A) Community. B) Domain. C) Ecosystem. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 17. Abiotic factors DO NOT affect an ecosystem A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. Nitrogen A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 19. Which of the following examples would result in an inversion of a pyramid of numbers? A) A tree with thousands of spiders. B) A forest of trees with a small herd of deer. C) A tree with a spotted owl. D) A forest of trees with a pack of wolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tree with thousands of spiders. 20. The arrows in a food chain or food web represents what? A) They point to the organism that is being eaten. B) It shows how long sunlight flows within an ecosystem. C) They represent how water is transferred within a habitat. D) They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. ← 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