This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What term refers to the surface of the earth that includes the atmosphere and hydrosphere? A) Interdependence. B) Lithosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 2. Which is an example of an ecosystem? A) An area of cold climate and communities of different species. B) One elk. C) Elks, snow rabbits, and owls living in the same area. D) A group of elks living together in the same area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An area of cold climate and communities of different species. 3. A secondary consumer A) Eats primary consumers. B) Eats producers. C) Eats plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eats primary consumers. 4. All different population of different speices that live together in the same area A) Population. B) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 5. A group of populations that interact in an area is called what? A) Population. B) Resources. C) Squad. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Community. 6. What is the primary reason for the extinction of native species when an invasive species is introduced? A) The invasive species consumes all the food resources. B) The invasive species brings new diseases. C) The invasive species outcompetes the native species for resources. D) The invasive species has no effect on the native species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The invasive species outcompetes the native species for resources. 7. Frogs are not important to a food web A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which limiting factor would increase due to the number of individuals in a population? A) Unusual weather. B) Natural disaster. C) Births. D) Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disease. 9. Water released by plants is a product of ..... A) Water vapor. B) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 10. The term Biosphere was coined by A) Vladmir Vernadsky. B) Vito Volterra. C) Edward Suess. D) Eugene Warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Edward Suess. 11. Role filled by an organism in an ecosystem (How it makes its living) A) Habitat. B) Niche. C) Adaptation. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 12. To rescue A) Save. B) Gave. C) Brave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Save. 13. Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commensalism. 14. The term biodiversity means: A) A wide variety of plants and animals in an ecosystem. B) Only a few types of plants and animals in an ecosystem. C) An ecosystem composed mostly of plants. D) An ecosystem composed mostly of animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A wide variety of plants and animals in an ecosystem. 15. The process in which Nitrogen circulates and is recycled is called ..... A) The nitrogen cycle. B) The water cycle. C) The carbon cycle. D) Nitrogen Fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nitrogen cycle. 16. Where can you find carbon? A) Only in the Earth's atmosphere. B) Inside all water molecules. C) Inside the sun. D) Inside every living thing on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inside every living thing on Earth. 17. How does winter affect a plant's ability to grow? A) More sunlight, which makes more plants. B) Less sunlight & colder temperatures reduces plant matter. C) More sunlight and high temperatures increases plant growth. D) Less nutrients causes there to be more plant growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less sunlight & colder temperatures reduces plant matter. 18. Pure water is considered neutral on the pH scale. Neutral on the pH scale is equal to ..... A) 10. B) 8. C) 7. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 19. Which best determines the number of wolves that can live in an area? A) The amount of snow in the area each year. B) The number of birds that live in the area. C) The number of trees i the area. D) The amount of food available in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The amount of food available in the area. 20. What is the lowest level of ecological organization? A) Biosphere. B) Ecosystem. C) Community. D) Individual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Individual. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesEcology Quiz 1Ecology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 8Ecology Quiz 9Ecology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books