This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 36 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How do plants get their source of energy (food)? A) Plants get their food from the soil and water. B) Plants use the energy from the sun, air, and water to make their food. C) Plants get their food from minerals. D) Plants get their food from the decaying plants and animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants use the energy from the sun, air, and water to make their food. 2. Ecological pyramid is ..... A) Graphical representation of tropic levels. B) Graphical representation of student number. C) Graph of column. D) Geraph of population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graphical representation of tropic levels. 3. An adaptation allowing an organism to blend into its environment is called: A) Mimicry. B) Camouflage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camouflage. 4. Nitrification happens in the ..... A) Air. B) Soil. C) Ground Water. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil. 5. A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship. A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 6. Biotic limiting factors are ..... A) Living. B) Nonliving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living. 7. Parasitism A) Both organisms benefit. B) One organism benefits while the other is neither helped not harmed. C) One organism benefits while one is harmed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One organism benefits while one is harmed. 8. What is the difference between "emigration" and "immigration" ? A) There is no difference. B) Emigration is when organisms move in, and immigration is when organisms leave. C) Emigration is when organisms leave and immigration is when organisms move in. D) Emigration is when organisms eat, immigration is when organisms sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emigration is when organisms leave and immigration is when organisms move in. 9. The transfer of food from one trophic level to the next is accompanied by ..... A) An energy gain. B) Micronutrients only. C) Energy loss. D) Macronutrients only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy loss. 10. The function or position of an organism or a population within an ecological community is its A) Ecology. B) Species. C) Biosphere. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Niche. 11. A local company dumped sewage into the wetlands. As a result, most fish in the wetlands died. This decrease in the number of fish will probably result in A) Fewer mice. B) Fewer birds. C) Fewer spiders. D) Fewer insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fewer birds. 12. If the amount of energy at the primary consumer level is 5, 000 kcal, how much energy do the lions have? A) 500 kcal. B) 50 kcal. C) 5 kcal. D) 0.5 kcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50 kcal. 13. A blueberry bush, a rabbit, and a fox can be members of the same: A) Species. B) Population. C) Community. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Community. 14. Hhh A) H. B) H. C) H. D) H. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) H. 15. When an ecosystem changes over time to lead to new communities and environments, what is that called? A) Succession. B) Evolution. C) Migration. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Succession. 16. What is the role of denitrifying bacteria A) Change nitrate back into nitrogen gas. B) Change nitrogen gas into nitrate. C) Absorb carbon dioxide in the soil. D) Release oxygen gas into the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Change nitrate back into nitrogen gas. 17. What differs immigration from emigration? A) A brick wall. B) Emigration is leaving while immigration means coming in. C) They're the same thing. D) Em and im. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emigration is leaving while immigration means coming in. 18. A wolf eats a rabbit, that just ate some berries. What would you call the rabbit? A) Producer. B) Omnivore. C) Primary Consumer. D) 2nd order Heterotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary Consumer. 19. "There is only enough space in this room to sit 27 students."Space would be a ..... in this room A) Carrying Capactiy. B) Limiting Factor. C) Death Variable. D) Deflector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limiting Factor. 20. Which is NOT an abiotic factor: A) Soil. B) Air. C) Bacteria;. D) Water. 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