This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 78 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 78 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... holds all of the planets in orbit around the sun. A) Force. B) Motion. C) Weight. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 2. ..... is when one organism successfully outcompetes another and excludes it from a particular area or niche. A) Resource partitioning. B) Competitive exclusion. C) Predation. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Competitive exclusion. 3. Part of a cycle that holds an element or water for a short period of time is called an exchange pool. The atmosphere is an exchange pool for water through water vapor. A) Niche. B) Exchange pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exchange pool. 4. A type of consumer that eats only plants A) Decoposer. B) Producer. C) Herbivore. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Herbivore. 5. Fungi are..... A) Producers. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposers. 6. A rain shadow occurs on the A) Windward side of a mountain range. B) Leeward side of a mountain range. C) North side of a lake or ocean. D) South side of an intertidal zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leeward side of a mountain range. 7. Organisms that feed on dead or decaying things A) Producer. B) Decoposer. C) Primary consumer. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decoposer. 8. This biome is like the rainforest of the sea has warm shallow waters that filled with many types of sea creatures A) Coral reef. B) Beach. C) Tide pool. D) 'ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coral reef. 9. Organisms that are adapted to live in extreme environments are known as what? A) Survivors. B) Extremophiles. C) Microorganisms. D) Mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extremophiles. 10. Fungi and bacteria are the most common decomposers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Shrub > Gazelle > Lion What eats the lion? A) Gazelle. B) Shrub. C) Nothing. D) Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing. 12. Which of these are consumers that feed on other organisms A) Heterotroph. B) Autotroph. C) Metotroph. D) Hightroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterotroph. 13. Organisms that live deep in the ocean must be able to A) Withstand extreme water pressure, very cold water, and complete darkness. B) Withstand extreme water pressure, cold water, and limited sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Withstand extreme water pressure, very cold water, and complete darkness. 14. Which of the following describes an energy pyramid? A) It shows how food energy passes from one organism to the next. B) It shows the direction that energy flows and each trophic level. C) It is complex and shows the network of many interconnected food chains. D) It is any close relationship between different species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It shows the direction that energy flows and each trophic level. 15. No living things can live without ..... A) Food. B) Plants. C) Water. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 16. How might a lack of sunlight disrupt the food web? A) It would cause consumers to consume less. B) It would prevent decomposers from decomposing matter. C) It would prevent producers from producing nutrients. D) It would not disrupt the food web at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It would prevent producers from producing nutrients. 17. Which of the following is an example of a community? A) Herds of zebras. B) One zebra. C) Zebras, lions, and cheetahs all living together. D) Zebras, lions, cheetahs, and their nonliving elements in their environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zebras, lions, and cheetahs all living together. 18. Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that feed on parasites found on an impala. The impala gets rid of parasites and the red-billed oxpeckers get a yummy dinner. This is an example of ..... A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Neutralism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 19. Which level of organization in ecology is a major regional or global community of organisms? A) An ecosystem. B) Population. C) Community. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biome. 20. Sedimentary A) Formed by deposition, material from Earth and within bodies of water, ex-sandstone, weathering debris. B) From magma in a volcano and then came up to Earth's surface to cool. C) Formed from loamy soil and then mixed with cement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formed by deposition, material from Earth and within bodies of water, ex-sandstone, weathering debris. ← 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