This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 31 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It refers to a group of individuals of the same species occupying a common geographical area. A) Organisms. B) Community. C) Population. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 2. Which of these human actions impacts multiple nutrient cycles? A) Deforestation. B) Driving gasoline cars. C) Using fertilizers. D) Burning coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deforestation. 3. Find the correct description of shade-loving plants (sciophytes). A) Cannot tolerate strong light, always grows in the shade, in the shade of the forest. B) Loves light. C) Grows only in open ground under conditions of high light. D) Plants that are partially submerged in water. E) Plants growing in saline soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cannot tolerate strong light, always grows in the shade, in the shade of the forest. 4. Biodiversity is usually greater A) In drier climates. B) In colder climates. C) At the poles. D) Where it is humid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Where it is humid. 5. This is a behavior an animal is born with A) Migration. B) Instinct. C) Physical adaptation. D) Camouflage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instinct. 6. Many years ago, during the Ice Age, sheets of ice moved over much of the land. It was dark and much colder than ever before. Ice and snow caused habitat destruction over large areas of land. The animals that lost their habitats MOST LIKELY A) Moved to warmer places. B) Quickly changed to live in cold and ice. C) Stayed buried and lived again when the ice melted. D) Died out because they were not adapted to such cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Died out because they were not adapted to such cold. 7. All of the following are examples of environmental changes that can be caused by humans except- A) Clearing land for housing developments. B) Pesticides. C) Volcanic eruption. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic eruption. 8. What's another name for producer? A) Autotroph. B) Cellular Respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autotroph. 9. Decomposers are important in the food web because they A) Produce their own food using light from the sun. B) Stop the flow of energy from one organism to another. C) Break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients into the soil. D) Are microscopic and other organisms eat them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients into the soil. 10. Species which has been brought to a new place or country by humans. A) Non-native species. B) Invasive Species. C) Biodiversity. D) Epicotyl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-native species. 11. In a ....., trees lose their leaves. A) Tropical rainforest. B) Deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deciduous forest. 12. Barn owls hunt shrews. In this example what is a barn owl? A) Herbivore/Predator. B) Carnivore/Prey. C) Carnivore/Predator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carnivore/Predator. 13. Step in the food chain, food web, or ecological pyramid A) Trophic Level. B) Abiotic factors. C) Community. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trophic Level. 14. What is an example of predator-prey relationship? A) A deer eat leaves from trees. B) An eagle dives, captures, and eats a fish from a local pond. C) Two male lions fight over territory. D) A deer tick attaches to a deer and receives a blood meal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An eagle dives, captures, and eats a fish from a local pond. 15. Animals that live in conditions of moderate humidity A) Hydrophytes. B) Mesofielder. C) Xerofitter. D) Hygrophytes. E) Hydatophyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mesofielder. 16. What abiotic factor would plants compete for? A) Food. B) Sunlight. C) Disease. D) Predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 17. Which of these is a reason AGAINST intensive farming? A) More efficient. B) Improves food security. C) Easier to harvest e.g. eggs. D) Increases spread of diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increases spread of diseases. 18. Biotic or abiotic? A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic. 19. Which biome consists of long bitter winters, cool summers, and diverse coniferous trees? A) Taiga. B) Tundra. C) Temperate forest. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taiga. 20. The non-living things in an environment. A) Environment. B) Organisms. C) Biotic factors. D) Abiotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abiotic factors. ← 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