This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 209 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 209 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Members of a species in a defined area are called ..... A) Ecosystem. B) Community. C) Biodiversity. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population. 2. Plants are called A) Consumers. B) Producers. C) Prey. D) Predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers. 3. Ticks and humans are an example of A) Predation. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parasitism. 4. Sarah wanted to find out if the size of a car tire made it a smoother ride over bumps. What is the dependent variable? A) Size of tire. B) How smooth the ride was over bumps. C) Type of car. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How smooth the ride was over bumps. 5. Any close relationship between species A) Symbiosis. B) Mutualism. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbiosis. 6. All of the bullfrogs living around a pond is known as ..... A) A community. B) An abiotic factor. C) A population. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A population. 7. What type of symbiosis? *The tick lives on dog and feeds on its blood and tissue. * The dog gets skin irritation and can pick up diseases carried by tick. A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Predfation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 8. A trophic level refers to the ..... A) Axis around the earth. B) Stage in an ecological niche. C) Stage in a food chain. D) Energy level in a food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stage in a food chain. 9. What is the interaction of life called? A) Ecology. B) Chemistry. C) Economics. D) Theology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 10. Organisms that are classified as autotrophic are able to- A) Be seen with the human eye. B) Move. C) Reproduce. D) Make their own food . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make their own food . 11. An animal that is hunted for food. A) Predator. B) Prey. C) Consumer. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prey. 12. Where do PRODUCERS acquire energy from? A) Water. B) Food. C) Sun. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 13. The first organism in the energy pyramid is always a A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Sun. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 14. Michael went to the circus and saw a seal balance a beach ball on its nose. This is an example of a ..... A) Instinct. B) Mimicry. C) Camouflage. D) Learned behavior. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Learned behavior. 15. The transfer of energy in the ecosystem by eating one another in succession is called A) Livelihood. B) Food chain. C) Food creation. D) Eating food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food chain. 16. Which change would most likely cause a decrease in the number of chipmunks living in an area? A) A decrease in competition between the chipmunks. B) An increase in available food. C) A decrease in the number of predators. D) A decrease in available food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A decrease in available food. 17. Which of these does a food chain model need to make it more accurate? A) Arrows to show the flow of energy. B) Sun and arrows to show flow of energy. C) Sun, producer, consumers, and arrows to show flow of energy. D) Color and arrows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun, producer, consumers, and arrows to show flow of energy. 18. When one organism is harmed, and another organism benefits, this describes what? A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 19. Antelope move INTO an area A) Immigration. B) Emigration. C) Limiting factor. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigration. 20. Two male deer fight over a female. This is an example of A) Symbiosis. B) Competition. C) Predation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competition. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEcology Quiz 1Ecology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 5Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 8Ecology Quiz 9Ecology Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books