This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 282 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 282 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is contributing to an INCREASE in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Deforestation. B) Photosynthesis. C) Oceans. D) All of the above. E) The loss of animal species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deforestation. 2. Which biome, because of its climate and amount of rainfall, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? A) Tundra. B) Rainforest. C) Desert. D) Pineforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rainforest. 3. What is an organism that gets its food through eating other sources? A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Autotroph. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumer. 4. The greatest numbers of relationships between the organisms in an ecosystem is best shown in A) A food web. B) A food chain. C) An energy pyramid. D) An ecological succession diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A food web. 5. As ecological succession progresses, a pioneer community gradually changes into a climax community. What typically happens during this process? A) The number of species increases. B) The number of species decreases. C) The organisms in an area decrease in size. D) The organisms in an area can no longer find food. E) The organisms in the area increase in their size. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of species increases. 6. An oxpecker bird eats ticks off of a zebra. The bird gets food from eating the ticks and the zebra has harmful parasites removed. Which type of symbiosis is this? A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 7. What is another name for evaporation of water through the leaves of plants? A) Transpiration. B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Percolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transpiration. 8. The way in which the specific environment is exploited by an organisms is an appropriate definition for A) Habitat. B) Ecosystem. C) Trophic level. D) Ecological niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecological niche. 9. A ..... is the place that an organism lives-its natural home. A) Habitat. B) Community. C) Population. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 10. True or False:Biodiversity tends to decrease nearer the equator. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Which is the simplest level of organization within the environment? A) Organism. B) Population. C) Community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organism. 12. A type of consumer that eats primary consumers is called a ..... A) Herbivore. B) Prey. C) Tertiary Consumer. D) Secondary Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary Consumer. 13. Conservation is the act of conserving, or protecting the environment, plants, and animals. Why is this so important? What are some things you can do to help conserve our environment? A) Leave water on, leave TV on, run dishwasher with 1 plate. B) Run the washing machine with 1 shirt. C) Leave the refrigerator door open. D) Turn off water, turn off lights, turn off TV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turn off water, turn off lights, turn off TV. 14. An heterotroph is another word for a ....., meaning it needs to ..... A) Consumer, eat other organisms. B) Consumer, go through photosynthesis. C) Producer, make its own food. D) Producer, survive without water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consumer, eat other organisms. 15. The 10% rule states that 10% of energy moves from each trophic level to the next.In the pyramid, if the producers level contains 1234 kilocalories, how many kilocalories are transferred to the bird (apex predator)? A) 123.4. B) 1.234. C) 1234. D) 1234. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1.234. 16. In the energy pyramid, an organism that eats a producer is called the ..... A) Primary consumer. B) Secondary consumer. C) Tertiary consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary consumer. 17. Autotrophs who capture energy and use it to make organic molecules A) Biotic factor. B) Abiotic factor. C) Niche. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producer. 18. The variety of living things in an area or ecosystem A) Ecosystem. B) Biome. C) Community. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biodiversity. 19. Wolves hunt in pack for a more successful hunt. A) Habitat. B) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 20. Which of these is a strategy to avoid unfavorable environmental conditions? A) Acclimation. B) Hibernation. C) Pollination. D) Adaptation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hibernation. ← 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