This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In an energy level which tropic level has the least amount of energy? A) Producers. B) Primary consumers. C) Secondary consumers. D) Tertiary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tertiary consumers. 2. A niche is the role or job the population has in the ecosystem. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. The change of a liquid to a gas; the sun heats energy up and turns water into vapor (gas) A) Evaporation. B) Vapor. C) Precipitation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporation. 4. What is a host in ecology? A) The guy who welcomes everybody in. B) An organism that provides a suitable environment for a parasite or something else to live. C) A host. D) A dog, cat, or a human. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An organism that provides a suitable environment for a parasite or something else to live. 5. A community is made up of A) Only one species living together. B) Different populations of organisms relying on one another. C) Only plants. D) Only animals and bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different populations of organisms relying on one another. 6. Rocks, temperature, and humidity are examples of ..... factors in a ecosystem. A) Abiotic. B) Biotic. C) Nonlive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 7. Food, water, space and shelter are examples of A) Limiting factors. B) Biotic factors. C) Risk factors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limiting factors. 8. Two factors effecting the magnitude of force of gravity between 2 objects are ..... A) Weight and mass. B) Distance and weight. C) Mass and matter. D) Mass and distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mass and distance. 9. In a mutual relationship, both organisms are ..... A) Hurt. B) Not effected. C) Harmed. D) Benefiting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benefiting. 10. Typical pioneer species are A) Mosses and lichens. B) Ferns and Roses. C) Grasses and Shrubs. D) Animals and humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mosses and lichens. 11. Choose the right meaning:go away A) To save. B) Energy. C) Leave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leave. 12. Variations between individuals of the same species A) Species diversity. B) Genetic diversity. C) Ecosystem diversity. D) Trophic diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic diversity. 13. How does carbon become locked inside the earth? A) Tree roots expel carbon into the soil as they grow. B) Humans use machines to pump carbon dioxide into large underground tanks. C) Rocks become richer in carbon as time goes on. D) The carbon-rich bodies of plants and animals decay into the earth after they die. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The carbon-rich bodies of plants and animals decay into the earth after they die. 14. Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore? A) Animals that eat insects. B) Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground. C) Organisms that eat only pants. D) Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground. 15. An organism that makes its own food, like a plant. A) Decoposer. B) Producer. C) Secondary. D) Dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 16. There are birds that eat the food from between the teeth of alligators, leaving the alligators with clean teeth and the birds with a meal. What type of ongoing relationship is this? A) Predator & Prey. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 17. What is the name of the imaginary line that 'divides' the world in half? A) Equator. B) Latitude. C) Longitude. D) Triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equator. 18. A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one level to another in a food web A) Energy pyramid. B) Food web. C) Food chain. D) Adaptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy pyramid. 19. Resemblance of one organism to another A) Mimicry. B) Camouflage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mimicry. 20. Growing legumes such as alfalfa or soy beans increases A) Denitrification. B) Nitrogen fixation. C) Ammonification. D) Ammonium oxidation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen fixation. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEcology Quiz 1Ecology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 5Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 8Ecology Quiz 9Ecology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books