This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 236 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 236 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which level of consumer usually eats the first level consumers and the second level consumers? A) Primary consumer. B) Secondary consumer. C) Tertiary consumer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary consumer. 2. Poikilotherm animals A) Cold-blooded animals. B) Animal world. C) Insects. D) Warm-blooded animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cold-blooded animals. 3. Layer of soil that is nutrient rich, containing a mixture of humus, clay, and minerals, is most suitable for plant growth. A) Bedrock. B) Parent material. C) Top soil. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Top soil. 4. All nonliving things in an ecosystem, including water, rocks, sunlight, weather, natural disasters, oxygen, space, hunting, and shelter A) Ecology. B) Limiting factor. C) Biotic factor. D) Abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abiotic factor. 5. Which is a result of human activities? A) Decay of leaves in a forest. B) Acid rain kills fish in a lake. C) Volcanic eruptions. D) Bad weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid rain kills fish in a lake. 6. Two researchers studied the effect of light pollution on bird migration. Their results were supported by many other similar studies and was logical based on scientific understanding of migration behavior and their careful study design. Their study results could be described as: A) Showing bias. B) Having validity. C) Being a hypothesis. D) Showing a carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having validity. 7. The first person to develop a classification system was? A) Aristotle. B) Gregor Mendel. C) Linnaeus. D) Lamark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linnaeus. 8. Rabbits introduced into Australia over 100 years ago have become a serious pest to farmers. Rabbit populations increased so much that they displaced many native species of plant eaters. What is the MOST logical explanation for their increased numbers? A) Rabbits have a high death rate. B) There are few effective predators. C) Additional rabbit species have been introduced. D) There is an increase in rabbit competitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are few effective predators. 9. The non-living parts of an organism's environment are called ..... A) Community. B) Biotic factors. C) Habitat. D) Abiotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abiotic factors. 10. Rain, snow, sleet, hail, or freezing rain A) Precipitation. B) Roff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precipitation. 11. What do you call an animal that is hunted by another animal? A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Producer. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prey. 12. This climatograph represents which biome? A) Tropical rainforest. B) Desert. C) Tundra. D) Taiga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical rainforest. 13. What is the lowest level of a food chain? A) Producer. B) Primary consumer. C) Secondary consumer. D) Tertiary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producer. 14. Consumer that eats animals or meat A) Carnivore. B) Omnivore. C) Consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnivore. 15. Ecology is a science therefore, it is based on the A) The geographic inquiry process. B) Inductive method. C) The scientific method. D) Deductive methood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The scientific method. 16. Consumes BOTH meat AND vegetation A) Omnivore. B) Producer. C) Scavenger. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Omnivore. 17. Non-point source pollution means..... A) We know exactly where the pollution came from. B) We do not know exactly where the pollution came from. C) Means the pollution has no point and cannot break through layers of rock. D) There is no pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We do not know exactly where the pollution came from. 18. Which fossil fuel may run out in your lifetime? A) Coal. B) Petroleum. C) Natural gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petroleum. 19. Plants and animals are an example of a(n) ..... species A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 20. To endanger / to be endangered- A) End. B) Poison (fertilizes-fertilizers). C) Endanger / be in danger. D) To be thrown out in large quantities/to be thrown away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Endanger / be in danger. ← 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