Ecology Quiz 42 (20 MCQs)

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1. The organism that is killed and eaten.

Correct Answer: C) Prey.

2. Oxpeckers feed on the ticks found on the rhino

Correct Answer: C) Mutualism.

3. Who are the ones that do most of the work in a hieve?

Correct Answer: C) Worker bees.

4. Clownfish live inside sea anemones. They eat creatures that harm anemones, while anemones protect clownfish from predators. This is an example of:

Correct Answer: A) Mutualism.

5. The rate at which food energy is assimilated at the trophic level of consumers is known as

Correct Answer: C) Secondary productivity.

6. This species hunts for prey.

Correct Answer: A) Predator.

7. Consumer that eats both plants and animals

Correct Answer: C) Omnivore.

8. Like nutrients and water, energy also recycles through an ecosystem.

Correct Answer: B) False.

9. An organism's ..... level describes where it can be found in a food chain or web.

Correct Answer: B) Trophic.

10. Which level of ecological organization is composed of many similar ecosystems with the same climate and geographic locations?

Correct Answer: C) A biome.

11. The permenantly frozen soil that prevents plants from growing deep within the soil is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Permafrost.

12. A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits from the relationship and the other is harmed

Correct Answer: A) Parasitism.

13. Organisms that live on the surface of water

Correct Answer: D) Plankton.

14. Organisms and their nonliving environment are connected

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. A nonliving element in an ecosystem is known as what?

Correct Answer: B) Abiotic factor.

16. Eutrophication is caused by

Correct Answer: A) Runoff of excessive fertilizer and nutrients.

17. What is NOT one example of how an invasive species affects the environment?

Correct Answer: C) Creates absolutely NO change to the environment.

18. Emigration means .....

Correct Answer: A) Living things leave a place to move permanently somewhere else.

19. What is the first sources of energy that enters the ecosystems?

Correct Answer: C) Sunlight.

20. Who is known as the "father" of evolution?

Correct Answer: A) Charles Darwin.