This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 182 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 182 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An organism that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules. A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Decoposer. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 2. Demographic transition is change from high birthrates and high death rates to A) Exponential growth. B) Low birthrates and low death rates. C) Low birthrates and high death rates. D) Indefinite growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low birthrates and low death rates. 3. Non-point source of pollution A) Noise pollution/noise pollution standards. B) Nightingale. C) Nonpoint source of pollution. D) Negligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonpoint source of pollution. 4. A shrimp is warned of danger by a fish and the fish gets a home dug by the shrimp. Which type of symbiotic relationship is this? A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mutualism. 5. In the ocean nitrogen is often the limiting nutrient. What does this term mean? A) An unlimited amount of nitrogen is in the ecosystem. B) Nitrogen is scarce or cycles very slowly through the ecosystem. C) The presence of nitrogen limits the availability of other nutrients. D) Nitrogen is overabundant or cycles very quickly through the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen is scarce or cycles very slowly through the ecosystem. 6. Where do all living things exist? A) Ecosystem. B) Biome. C) Biosphere. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 7. All the organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time are called: A) Population. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 8. Many biotic factors affect individuals in a population. An example of an organism being directly affected by a biotic factor is A) A squirrel cannot find a mate. B) A flood washes away a maple tree. C) A plant is in a dark room. D) A chipmunk finds a rock pile to use for a home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A squirrel cannot find a mate. 9. Cyles that recycle chemical elements and water needed by organisms A) Biochemical cycle. B) Carbon cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biochemical cycle. 10. What is likely to happen to the population of lions if the population of trees decrease A) They will increase. B) They will decrease. C) They will stay constant. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They will decrease. 11. Seals eat fish. What would happen to the seal population if almost all of the fish died? A) The population would grow. B) The population would shrink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The population would shrink. 12. What is an example of a legume? A) Strawberries. B) Carrots. C) Peanuts. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peanuts. 13. In the rain forest this is a layer that makes up shorter trees and vines and is called the A) Canopy. B) Emergent. C) Understory. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understory. 14. Lastly cell theory states ..... A) Cells don't do much. B) Cells are microscopic. C) All living things are made up of cells (either unicellular or multicellular). D) Bacteria aren't cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All living things are made up of cells (either unicellular or multicellular). 15. Known as the "Power Houses" of the cell. These organelles convert energy stored in food to energy that the cell can use to live and function A) Mitochondria. B) Golgi Apparatus. C) Cell membrane. D) Endoplasmic Reticulum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitochondria. 16. What comes 3rd in the scientific method after researching the problem? A) Identify problem. B) Make hypothesis. C) Observe and record. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make hypothesis. 17. Series of changes that occur in an area where soil or organisms exist A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Tertiary succession. D) Climax succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary succession. 18. A major regional or global community of organisms is called A) An ecosystem. B) A biome. C) A species. D) A population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A biome. 19. Which process takes Carbon Dioxide from the air and converts it into a form of carbon used by living things? A) Precipitation. B) Photosynthesis. C) Respiration. D) Bioremediation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 20. During a science class, Charlotte, Henry, and James were learning about different types of organisms. They learned that some organisms synthesize their own energy using sunlight. What are these organisms called? A) Secondary. B) Autotrophs. C) Heterotrophs. D) Primary. 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