This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 33 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Water vapor released into the atmosphere from the leaves of plants is called ..... A) Evaporation. B) Perspiration. C) Precipitation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transpiration. 2. Organisms that only eat vegetation are A) Carnivores. B) Herbivores. C) Omnivores. D) More destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivores. 3. What is a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed? A) Parasitism. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 4. Are the living things within the biosphere A) Biosphere. B) Biota. C) Geosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biota. 5. Is there water in the ..... ? A) Book. B) Bag. C) Bottle. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bottle. 6. An organism that eats other organisms to live A) Predator. B) Prey. C) Parasites. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predator. 7. Indicate the biotic and abiotic factors that affect the distribution of organisms in an environment. Temperature A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 8. All of the living and non-living features of an environment A) Ecosystem. B) Ecology. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. 9. Gradual, natural change and species replacement that takes place in the communities of an ecosystem over time A) Succession. B) Limiting factor. C) Climax community. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Succession. 10. Which of the following is the most crucial role of fungi in a balanced ecosystem? A) They act as autotrophs that turn energy from the Sun into glucose and oxygen. B) They serve as decomposers and recycle nutrients. C) They serve as tertiary consumers. D) They serve as primary producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They serve as decomposers and recycle nutrients. 11. For the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle to function properly, which organism must always be present? A) Decomposers. B) Consumers. C) Producers. D) Herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers. 12. Which is an example of an abiotic factor? A) Grass. B) Trees. C) Rain. D) Birds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 13. Which of these methods consumes the least water? A) Dishwasher. B) Hand washing. C) Shower. D) All consume the same amount of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shower. 14. The ozone layer is thinning because of which man-made chemical? A) Chlorofluorocarbons. B) Nitrogen oxides. C) Carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor. D) DDT and Mercury. E) Ethanol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chlorofluorocarbons. 15. Energy stored in inorganic molecules is used to produce carbohydrates A) Chemosynthesis. B) Biomass. C) Consumer. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chemosynthesis. 16. Karen is studying an area that has many trees and goes through all four seasons. The trees lose their leaves as the seasons progress. Which biome is she studying? A) Deciduous forest. B) Grassland. C) Desert. D) Tropical rain forest . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deciduous forest. 17. What two processes are involved in the carbon cycle? A) Combustion and Photosynthesis. B) TranspirationCondensation. C) Cellular RespirationPhotosynthesis. D) TranspirationCellular Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cellular RespirationPhotosynthesis. 18. What do the arrows in a food web represent? A) Equals. B) It points towards the organism that is being eaten. C) Yield or makes. D) It points towards the organism that is receiving energy from what it has eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It points towards the organism that is receiving energy from what it has eaten. 19. What do the arrows on a food web show? A) Direction of Movement. B) Flow of Energy. C) Organization. D) Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flow of Energy. 20. What group of organisms is primarily responsible for the processes that occur in the nitrogen cycle? A) Autotrophs. B) Heterotrophs. C) Bacteria. D) Detritivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. ← 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