This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 275 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 275 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water quality criteria A) Water quality criteria. B) Distilled water. C) Hard water. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water quality criteria. 2. Ruby-throated hummingbirds live in woodland areas, but also frequent gardens where flowering plants are plentiful. They hover to feed on flowers, nectar, and sap. During this floral feeding process, the birds pollinate many plants. These tiny birds are omnivores, sometimes feeding on insects and spiders. A) Habitat of an autotroph. B) Niche of an autotroph. C) Niche of a heterotroph. D) Habitat of a heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche of a heterotroph. 3. What is an example of abiotic A) Fallen log. B) Frog. C) Sunlight. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 4. What is the relationship between individuals of each species called? A) Homotypic connection. B) Useful communication. C) Heterotypic connection. D) Dishonesty. E) Eat together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heterotypic connection. 5. Which level of consumer would the mountain lion NOT BE? A) Primary COnsumer. B) Secondary Consumer. C) Tertiary Consumer. D) Quaternary Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary COnsumer. 6. Euglena is a unicellular organism that feeds on bacteria and uses CO2 as a carbon source. Which describes the nutrition of this organism? A) Autotrophic only. B) Heterotrophic only. C) Saprotrophic only. D) Autotrophic and heterotrophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autotrophic and heterotrophic. 7. Plants use nitrogen gas from the air to make organic compounds. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which is an example of a seasonal change to a biotic factor? A) Temperatures get cooler in the fall. B) Hours of sunlight increase the summer. C) Birds fly south for the winter. D) Rainfall increases in the spring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birds fly south for the winter. 9. If your teacher gave you the characteristics of an animal:moist skin, lives in the water when they are young and land as an adult, lays eggs. What animal is the teacher MOST likely talking about? A) Fish. B) Alligator. C) Frog. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frog. 10. Complete the definition:Environment-The total of all of the surroundings-air, water, ....., human element, wildlife-that has influence on you and your existence, including physical, biological and all other factors A) Vegetation. B) Vegetables. C) Plants. D) Vegans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vegetation. 11. What is NOT a sustainable practice? A) Recycling. B) Reducing. C) Reusing. D) Buying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buying. 12. A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another is termed ..... A) Energy pyramid. B) Adaptation. C) Autotroph. D) Food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy pyramid. 13. A honeybee colony contains three types of bees: A) One queen, some drones, no worker bees. B) Drones, queens,. C) One queen, drones, worker bees. D) Worker bees, queen, no drones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One queen, drones, worker bees. 14. What is NOT an example or precipitation? A) Rain. B) Snow. C) Sleet. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 15. Consumers cannot do which of the following A) Give off carbon dioxide. B) Change sugars into energy. C) Give off oxygen. D) Carry out respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give off oxygen. 16. Density independent limiting factors are factors that do not depend on the number of organisms within a given population. Which is an example of Density Independent limiting factors? A) Forest fire. B) Disease. C) Emigration rate. D) Parasites. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forest fire. 17. During which phase of the nitrogen cycle do decomposers break down nitrates into ammonium? A) Ammonification. B) Nitrification. C) Denitrification. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ammonification. 18. What biome do we live in and what are its characteristics? A) Temperate Deciduous Forest-4 seasons, warm summers, cool winters, rainfall year-round. B) Tropical Rainforest-no winters, heavy rainfall, hot and humid year-round. C) Alpine Tundra-mountains, cold, treeless and frozen landscape. D) Savanna-dry flat grassland, few trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperate Deciduous Forest-4 seasons, warm summers, cool winters, rainfall year-round. 19. Which is the definition of a community A) Multiple organisms of the same species. B) All the living and nonliving things in an area. C) A living thing. D) Multiple organisms of different species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multiple organisms of different species. 20. The word that best describes the average conditions over time is? A) Climate. B) Global average. C) Weather. D) Precip and Temp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. ← 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