Ecology Quiz 165 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ecology is the study of the ..... of organisms with the environment.

Correct Answer: B) Relationships.

2. Made by

Correct Answer: C) Conorfeen.

3. What type of symbiosis is this? *Hermit crabs find shells left by snails that have died and move in. * Snails die and leave behind their shells.

Correct Answer: A) Commensalism.

4. Plants such as the Venus Flytrap respond to stimuli such as touch. Which term refers to a plant's response to touch?

Correct Answer: B) Thigmotropism.

5. How does a food chain start?

Correct Answer: A) Plants use energy from the sun to make food.

6. Another name for water is .....

Correct Answer: B) Aquatic.

7. All plants can use nitrogen in the atmophere

Correct Answer: B) Talk.

8. In the relationship between two species, each has a negative effect on the other, a type of ecological relationship.

Correct Answer: B) Competition.

9. A large, relatively distinct region with a similar climate, soil, plants, and animals

Correct Answer: C) Biomes.

10. Reasoning is .....

Correct Answer: C) An explanation that connects the evidence to the claim.

11. Aquatic biomes in the ocean are called marine biomes.

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. A Viceroy butterfly looking like a bright colored poisonous Monarch butterfly is an example of .....

Correct Answer: B) Mimicry.

13. If several species of carnivores are removed from an ecosystem, the most likely effect on the ecosystem will be:

Correct Answer: C) A decrease in stability among populations.

14. Are rivers, lakes, streams and ponds. They are home to animals like fish, frogs and birds. Many plants grow in or near

Correct Answer: C) Freshwater biome.

15. Members of different species that live in the same area and interact are called a(n) .....

Correct Answer: A) Community.

16. An organism that hunts other animals is a .....

Correct Answer: A) Predator.

17. Sun and soil are examples of

Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factors.

18. A forest (or biome) that is characterized by trees that shed their leaves in the fall is known as what?

Correct Answer: B) Temperate deciduous forest.

19. A producer (producer) can create food using which process?

Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis.

20. Which of the following is the correct order of levels of organization?

Correct Answer: B) Molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system.