This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 66 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 66 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When we say that a species adapts to changes in the environment, we mean that: A) The species becomes extinct. B) The species has to move to a new environment. C) The species adjusts and copes with the changes. D) The species is completely unaffected by the changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The species adjusts and copes with the changes. 2. Primary succession occurs in an area that has: A) Has Soil. B) Has No Soil. C) Has Some Soil. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has No Soil. 3. The average weather in an area over a long period of time A) Climate. B) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climate. 4. In a food web, arrows point at: A) Who gets energy. B) Who gets eaten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who gets energy. 5. A non-living physical or chemical part of an ecosystem A) Abiotic factor. B) Biotic factor. C) Transpiration. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factor. 6. One organism benefits and the other is hurt A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 7. Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then, the honey guide birds eat as well. A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 8. Using less water is one way to practice water ..... A) Filtration. B) Conservation. C) Distribution. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservation. 9. Bees make A) Milk. B) Bread. C) Honey. D) Meat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Honey. 10. An extensive drought in the plains threatens wildebeest, giraffe, zebra, and springbok populations. A) Density-Dependent. B) Density-Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density-Independent. 11. Which of the following is an abiotic part of an ecosystem? A) Wolf catching and eating a rabbit. B) Sunlight warming the surface of a rock. C) Trees forming symbiotic relationships with fungus. D) A pod of whales swimming together in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight warming the surface of a rock. 12. What does a Primary (1st-order) Consumer eat? A) Tertiary Consumers. B) Secondary Consumers. C) Producers. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Producers. 13. Which of the following best describes weather? A) Day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. B) Long-term conditions (months/years) of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. 14. No living thing can survive without ..... A) Plant. B) Light. C) Water. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 15. The FIRST species to colonize in an ecosystem A) Pioneer Species. B) Secondary Succession. C) Primary Succession. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pioneer Species. 16. Who is the tertiary consumer in the Yellowstone Ecosystem? A) Wolves. B) Coyotes. C) Deer. D) Aspen Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wolves. 17. One or more communities in an area and the abiotic factors, including water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, and soil is an ecosystem. A) Population. B) Species. C) Ecosystem. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 18. Humans are part of the ecosystem and therefore impact it. Which of the following events in an ecosystem may produce a negative effect? A) Preventing deer from depleting food resources. B) Restoring a natural habitat. C) Wildfire rangers minimizing disturbances. D) A lumber company clearing a forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A lumber company clearing a forest. 19. Cabbage butterfly caterpillars develop a way to break down this defense A) Predator adaption. B) Camo. C) Prey. D) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predator adaption. 20. Ecosystems include both biotic and abiotic factors in an area. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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