Ecology Quiz 208 (20 MCQs)

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1. This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.

Correct Answer: B) Tropical Rain Forests.

2. In an ecosystem, living things play different roles. Which living things in the ecosystem can be divided into 3 groups, what are they?

Correct Answer: A) Producers, consumers, decomposers.

3. In the rain forest the tall trees form a leafy roof called the

Correct Answer: A) Canopy.

4. A social interaction with the sole purpose of finding a mate.

Correct Answer: A) Courtship.

5. Which type of symbiotic relationship is where both organisms are helped?

Correct Answer: C) Mutualism.

6. Green plants produce their own food by converting light energy into chemical energy by a process called photosynthesis.

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. What is an animal that only eats plants?

Correct Answer: B) Herbivore.

8. Consumers that primarily eat one specific organism is called

Correct Answer: C) Specialist.

9. The growing season may last all year in a hot, wet climate.

Correct Answer: A) True.

10. Why do firefighters start small fires?

Correct Answer: C) To keep them controlled and prevent uncontrollable fires from occuring.

11. Which of the following is an abiotic factor that plants depend on?

Correct Answer: D) Nutrients in the soil.

12. A relationship where one species is helped and one species is neutral (not hurt, but not helped).

Correct Answer: A) Commensalism.

13. This is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship and both benefit .....

Correct Answer: A) Mutualism.

14. The process of making parts of a product in different places all over the world is called .....

Correct Answer: D) Globalization.

15. Food webs are .....

Correct Answer: A) Interconecting food chains.

16. All biotic and abiotic factors in an area. Plans, animals, insects, soil, water, and temperature.

Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem.

17. I am a consumer that eats only plants.

Correct Answer: C) Herbivore.

18. Moves nitrogen back and forth between the atmosphere and organisms

Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen cycle.

19. ..... occurs when 1 organisms kills and eats another for food.

Correct Answer: C) Predation.

20. An example of a physical adaptation is .....

Correct Answer: B) The spikes on a porcupine fish.