This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 251 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 251 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which statement best defines ecology? A) The study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment. B) The study of how living things interact with each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment. 2. Are we responsible for ..... Creating global warming? orAccelerating the process of global warning? A) Creating Global Warming. B) Accelerating Global Warming. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accelerating Global Warming. 3. What is the study of interactions among organisms with each other and their environment? A) Ecology. B) Biomes. C) Ecosystem. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 4. All of the individuals of a given species in a specific area or region at a certain time. A) Population. B) Biome. C) Community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 5. An animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Herbivore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prey. 6. Canada geese fly south in fall to find food. In spring they fly back up north to have their young. What type of behavior is this? A) Defense. B) Hibernation. C) Courtship. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Migration. 7. Pioneer Species is A) A species that lives in AREA 51. B) First species to populate an area during succession. C) Succession that occurs in an area in which no trace of a previous community is present. D) A species like a dog or cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First species to populate an area during succession. 8. Where would primary succession in an ecosystem NOT occur? A) Abandoned parking lot. B) Bare rock face or surface. C) Hardened lava flow. D) Forest burned by fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forest burned by fire. 9. Many science words can be easily broken down to find their true meaning. Look at the PREFIX below and match it to its meaning. A A) Not/Without. B) Life. C) Home. D) Abode. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not/Without. 10. The complex feeding patterns of all of the organisms in an ecosystem can best be displayed with a ..... A) Food chain. B) Food web. C) Trophic levels. D) Pyramid of numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food web. 11. Water abstraction-water intake water quality criteria-water quality criteria A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. All members of one species in a certain area. A) Population. B) Limiting Factors. C) Immigration. D) Birth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 13. A liquid fossil fuel formed from the remains of animals, algae, and other organisms from the ocean is ..... A) Coal. B) Natural gas. C) Petroleum. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petroleum. 14. Plant living in low light areas might compensate by having ..... A) Larger leaves. B) Larger roots. C) More stomata. D) More xylem vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Larger leaves. 15. The greatest threat that invasive species pose to ecosystems is: A) Predation on other species. B) Disrupting nutrient cycles. C) Disrupting symbiotic relationships. D) Competition with other species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Competition with other species. 16. What is a "carrying capacity" ? A) A capacity that carries its team. B) The max population a certain area can hold. C) The max population the world can hold. D) The max population the universe can hold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The max population a certain area can hold. 17. Define community A) Role of an organism. B) Place organism where the inhabit. C) A group of same species living together. D) A group of different species living together in a particular area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A group of different species living together in a particular area. 18. Measures the acidity of soil A) PH. B) Composition. C) Soil profile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PH. 19. An organism's way of life (role in its environment) A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Habitat. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Niche. 20. When a bird finds, catches, and eats a worm, the predator is the A) Bird. B) Worm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bird. ← 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