This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Ecology – Quiz 76 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 76 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A raccoon will eat both plants and animals. This means it is a(n) ..... A) Herbivore. B) Fleshier. C) Omnivore. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivore. 2. Both organisms benefit A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 3. If there are 100 KJ of energy available at the secondary consumer level, how many KJ of energy are available at the producer level? A) 10 KJ. B) 1, 000 KJ. C) 10, 000 KJ. D) 1 KJ. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10, 000 KJ. 4. Which of the following choices only includes abiotic factors? A) Sunlight, algae, and temperature. B) Fish, crabs, oxygen. C) Sunlight, soil, and oxygen. D) Algae, temperature, and dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight, soil, and oxygen. 5. At each level of the energy pyramid, only ..... % of the available energy is passed to the next consumer A) 1%. B) 5%. C) 10%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10%. 6. A wildlife ecologist's job includes studying animals and other wildlife, and understanding their interactions with their ecosystem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. What is the role of a tree in a food chain? A) It breaks down wastes and dead organisms. B) It uses the sun's energy to make food. C) It eats other organisms. D) It cannot make its own food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It uses the sun's energy to make food. 8. Secondary consumers A) Eat the primary consumer. B) Eat plants and animals. C) Consume the producer. D) Eat the secondary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eat the primary consumer. 9. ..... holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun. A) Force. B) Motion. C) Weight. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 10. ..... is when one organism successfully outcompetes another and excludes it from a particular area or niche. A) Resource partitioning. B) Competitive exclusion. C) Predation. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competitive exclusion. 11. Part of a cycle that holds an element or water for a short period of time is called an exchange pool. The atmosphere is an exchange pool for water through water vapor. A) Niche. B) Exchange pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exchange pool. 12. A type of consumer that eats only plants A) Decoposer. B) Producer. C) Herbivore. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivore. 13. A rain shadow occurs on the A) Windward side of a mountain range. B) Leeward side of a mountain range. C) North side of a lake or ocean. D) South side of an intertidal zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leeward side of a mountain range. 14. Organisms that feed on dead or decaying things A) Producer. B) Decoposer. C) Primary consumer. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decoposer. 15. This biome is like the rainforest of the sea has warm shallow waters that filled with many types of sea creatures A) Coral reef. B) Beach. C) Tide pool. D) 'ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coral reef. 16. Organisms that are adapted to live in extreme environments are known as what? A) Survivors. B) Extremophiles. C) Microorganisms. D) Mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extremophiles. 17. Fungi and bacteria are the most common decomposers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Shrub > Gazelle > Lion What eats the lion? A) Gazelle. B) Shrub. C) Nothing. D) Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 19. Which of these are consumers that feed on other organisms A) Heterotroph. B) Autotroph. C) Metotroph. D) Hightroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterotroph. 20. Organisms that live deep in the ocean must be able to A) Withstand extreme water pressure, very cold water, and complete darkness. B) Withstand extreme water pressure, cold water, and limited sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Withstand extreme water pressure, very cold water, and complete darkness. ← 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