This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 277 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 277 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An exchange pool holds an element or water for a ..... period. A) Short. B) Fossil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short. 2. Which event would not cause secondary succession? A) Forest fire. B) Flooding of a valley. C) Volcanic lava flow. D) Tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic lava flow. 3. An organism that east meat is called an ..... A) Omnivore. B) Herbivore. C) Carnivore. D) Meat eater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carnivore. 4. In a simple food chain, small fish eat algae; bigger fish eat the smaller fish; bears eat the bigger fish. Using the above scenario, which of these would have the largest amount of energy? A) Algae. B) Bears. C) Big fish. D) Small fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algae. 5. What type of symbiosis? **Kudzu vines grow by climbing, and wrapping around trees. **Kundzu covered trees die as they are smothered and break under the weight of the growing Kudzu vines. A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predation. 6. Which of the entities is non-gaseous? A) Energy. B) Sulphur. C) Nitrogen. D) Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy. 7. This biome generally has 4 seasons. A) Boreal forest (Taiga). B) Arctic tundra. C) Desert. D) Temperate deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperate deciduous forest. 8. In the food chain system, what function do fungi play? A) Manufacturer. B) Decomposer. C) Consumer. D) Hunter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposer. 9. Charles Darwin observed species while working on the HMS Beagle. What was his job? A) To observe the weather and climate at different locations. B) Study the formation of landscapes. C) Understand living things he saw. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understand living things he saw. 10. A close interaction between tow or more different species is known as A) Symbiosis. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Botulism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbiosis. 11. How did increasing wolves increase bird populations? A) Wolves eat the bird's predators. B) Less deer means more food for birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less deer means more food for birds. 12. Which term defined:Chemical elements in inorganic forms in the abiotic components of biosphere A) Cycling pool. B) Reservoir pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoir pool. 13. True or False:Extinction lasts forever? (not thinking about new DNA technology) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. True or false biotic is all living parts in an ecosystem A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. An organism at the second trophic level would be considered a ..... A) Top carnivore. B) Producer. C) Herbivore. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivore. 16. Which of the following resource is renewable? A) Plants and natural gas. B) Petroleum and oil. C) Water and plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water and plants. 17. Which of these is NOT a way that energy is wasted by animals in a food chain? A) Photosynthesis. B) Respiration. C) Movement. D) Keeping warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 18. A group of fish with synchronized direction and speed is called a ..... A) Shoal. B) Aggregation. C) School. D) Pod. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) School. 19. An animal that hunts and eats other animals: A) Producer. B) Plants. C) Predator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predator. 20. All living and nonliving parts of an environment found in a specificlocation. A) Ecosystem. B) Population. C) Habitat. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. ← 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