Ecology Quiz 126 (20 MCQs)

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1. The top trophic level on the energy pyramid

Correct Answer: D) Tertiary consumer.

2. Which organisms use energy from remains of dead animals and recycles nutrients back into the soil?

Correct Answer: D) Decomposers.

3. What ocean zone begins at the edge of the continental shelf and then extends outward into deeper water?

Correct Answer: B) Open ocean.

4. The series of changes that occurs in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist

Correct Answer: B) Secondary succesion.

5. Individuals tend to compete if they belong in the same .....

Correct Answer: A) Niche.

6. Mushrooms are .....

Correct Answer: A) Biotic.

7. Which term defined:The interconnection of food chains

Correct Answer: B) Food web.

8. Omnivores are consumers that feed on .....

Correct Answer: C) Both producers and consumers.

9. Plants are producers and go through this to make their own food.

Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis.

10. The term biotic means;-

Correct Answer: B) Living Things.

11. These organisms that are introduced to an area they are not native to can hurt the native populations

Correct Answer: A) Invasive species.

12. What is the sequence of succession for this environment?

Correct Answer: C) C, B, D, A.

13. A trait or behavior that helps an organism survive in a particular environment.

Correct Answer: D) Adaptation.

14. What is one of the DIRECT outcome of deforestation?

Correct Answer: C) Increase of poaching on animals, due to habitat loss.

15. Of the following, which are products of photosynthesis? I. Glucose II. Carbon dioxide III. Water

Correct Answer: A) I only.

16. An organism that can NOT create their own food but relies on eating other organisms.

Correct Answer: A) Consumer.

17. Food, water, shelter and a space in which to live describes an organisms

Correct Answer: C) Habitat.

18. An organism that captures light energy from the sun or an inorganic substance to produce its own food is a what?

Correct Answer: A) Autotroph.

19. The bottom region of oceans and bodies of fresh water is

Correct Answer: B) Benthic Zone.

20. Logistic population growth can be described as

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.