Ecology Quiz 172 (20 MCQs)

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1. An organism that eats other organisms
2. This refers to the community of plants and animals that occur naturally in an area, often sharing common characteristics specific to that area
3. Darwin proposed that ..... could be explained through a process he called natural selection.
4. Which of the following is a abiotic factor?
5. Gas, oil and diesel are all examples of .....
6. An ecosystem contains
7. Barnacles attach themselves to whales. The whales are so large that they are seemingly unaffected. The barnacles get a habitat and food when the whale enters an area with abundant food resources. What type of relationship exists between the whale and the barnacle?
8. I always ..... after supper.
9. Student research unicellular, prokaryotic organism that live in harsh environments such as volcanic hot springs, brine pools, and anaerobic black organic mud. Which of these groups are the students most likely researching?
10. The organic material that has been produced in an ecosystem
11. A bird making a nest for their eggs in an oak tree to receive shelter. The oak tree is unaffected by the nest.
12. If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths, how will the population size change?
13. A diagram that shows all the possible eating interaction; it shows overlapping food chains.
14. Air pollution from vehicle emissions, water pollution, reduction of trees, soil erosion, and overall depletion of resources are all a result of
15. The 4 eukaryote kingdoms are Animals, Plants, Fungi, and
16. When a lion hunts, kills, and eats a zebra
17. The surrounding where a particular species lives in known as its
18. All of the following are salt water ecosystems except
19. The average weather conditions for an environment
20. Which biome is also called the "taiga"