Ecology Quiz 19 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is NOT part of the carbon cycle?

Correct Answer: A) Condensation.

2. Ecosystems require constant inputs of ..... from sunlight or chemicals.

Correct Answer: B) Energy.

3. Which of these is not an example of an organism's niche in its environment?

Correct Answer: C) A snake sunning itself on a rock.

4. Consumers-

Correct Answer: B) Animals, people.

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Correct Answer: D) Fdsa.

6. First species to populate the area and eventually die adding organic material to help form soil for plants

Correct Answer: A) Pioneer species.

7. What material is formed when organic matter is not fully decomposed in acidic waterlogged soils?

Correct Answer: D) Peat.

8. What are groups of different populations living togther in the same place at the same time called?

Correct Answer: C) A community.

9. Worldwide, temperatures have been increasing for more than 100 years. Is this evidence of global warming?

Correct Answer: A) Yes.

10. Plankton are tiny aquatic organisms that swim around in the photic zone.

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. A living thing that can't make its own food and must eat other living things.

Correct Answer: B) Consumer.

12. Higher trophic levels of a food web generally have

Correct Answer: C) Less energy available.

13. Which is in the correct order of smallest to biggest?

Correct Answer: A) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere.

14. Living organisms that break down organic matter, making it available to primary producers

Correct Answer: A) Decoposer.

15. Predator-Prey relationship

Correct Answer: A) An organism that eats another organism.

16. What is a predator

Correct Answer: C) Animal that hunts and kills other animals.

17. What kind of factor:predation?

Correct Answer: B) Density-dependent.

18. A bee pollinating a flower transferring the flowers material while the bee feeds on the flower.

Correct Answer: B) Mutualism.

19. Which relationship is referring to an interaction where one species benefits and the other is harmed?

Correct Answer: D) Parasitism.

20. Which of the following is the smallest level of organization of organisms?

Correct Answer: C) Population.