This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 43 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 43 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Example of secondary consumer A) Worm. B) Bird. C) Bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bird. 2. What is at the beginning of a food chain? A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Producer. D) Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producer. 3. Which of the following can be both primary and secondary consumers? A) Herbivores. B) Carnivores. C) Omnivores. D) More destructive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Omnivores. 4. Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) Tropical rainforest. D) Pine forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical rainforest. 5. The jaguar can be found in the Amazon Rainforest. Jaguars are known to eat more than 85 species of prey, including armadillos, deer, squirrels, fish, and turtles. When the jaguar eats an armadillo, what is the role of the jaguar in the food chain? A) Herbivore. B) Consumer. C) Omnivore. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 6. Organisms at the bottom of an energy pyramid have the ..... amount of energy. A) Most. B) Least. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most. 7. Evidence is ..... A) A statement or conclusion that answers a question. B) Scientific data that supports the claim. C) A justification that connects the claim to the evidence. D) Not vital when using an argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scientific data that supports the claim. 8. Plants release water vapor into the air through their leaves, this is called A) Condensation. B) Evaporation. C) Transpiration. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 9. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of purified water to be evaporated. A) Precipitation. B) Concentration. C) Transpiration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration. 10. What is the ecological term for a group of different types of organisms that live together and interact with each other? A) Community. B) Domain. C) Ecosystem. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 11. Abiotic factors DO NOT affect an ecosystem A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Nitrogen A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 13. Which of the following examples would result in an inversion of a pyramid of numbers? A) A tree with thousands of spiders. B) A forest of trees with a small herd of deer. C) A tree with a spotted owl. D) A forest of trees with a pack of wolves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tree with thousands of spiders. 14. The arrows in a food chain or food web represents what? A) They point to the organism that is being eaten. B) It shows how long sunlight flows within an ecosystem. C) They represent how water is transferred within a habitat. D) They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 15. A complex system of overlapping food chains is called a(n) A) Food chain. B) Energy chain. C) Energy web. D) Food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food web. 16. This biome has low biodiversity is arid and arctic and has poor soil quality A) Desert. B) Tundra. C) Taiga. D) Marine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tundra. 17. What is a biological rhythm? A) Emitting light from animal bodies. B) Some condition of an organism that alternates with time. C) Organisms that kill their prey and feed on it. D) The number of individuals who migrated from one district. E) The number of individuals that died at the same time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Some condition of an organism that alternates with time. 18. If krill is a primary food source for a local population of whales, which will most likely happen to the whales if the krill population suddenly doubles? A) The whales will have to compete more with each other for available food. B) The whales will have to find another food source or risk starvation. C) The whales will migrate to another area. D) The whales will increase in number. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The whales will increase in number. 19. What is a detritivore? A) Something that eats both plants and animals. B) A plant eater. C) A corpse eater. D) A meat eater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A corpse eater. 20. Which of these is the greatest limiting factor for plants on the forest floor? A) Space. B) Soil. C) Sunlight. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. ← 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