This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which primarily eats other animals? A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Carnivore. D) Detritivore/Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carnivore. 2. An ecosystem is made up of all the ..... and ..... factors in an area. A) Not/without. B) Limiting Factor/ Carrying Capacity. C) Living/ Nonliving. D) Life/ biotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living/ Nonliving. 3. Mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism are the three types of A) Competition. B) Symbiotic Relationships. C) Predation. D) Prey Adaptations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbiotic Relationships. 4. Ecology is the study of: A) Only living things in an environment. B) Only the nonliving things in an environment. C) How living things interact with each other and the nonliving things in the environment. D) Scientists who perform research on living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How living things interact with each other and the nonliving things in the environment. 5. What happens to a food web's energy at each level? A) All the energy is stored within the organism. B) Most of the energy is used by the organism for life functions and some is lost as heat. C) All the energy is released into the environment. D) Some of the energy is stored within the organism; the rest of the energy goes back to the produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Most of the energy is used by the organism for life functions and some is lost as heat. 6. What is the PRODUCT of the process used by producers that is passed on as energy throughout an ecosystem? A) Photosynthesis. B) Sun. C) Glucose. D) Carbon dioxide. E) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glucose. 7. Reservoirs in the water cycle include A) The atmosphere. B) Living things. C) The ocean. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Why can limiting resources decrease the rate of growth for a population? A) There are too many available resources. B) There are very little available resources. C) Resources are only available for a single species. D) Resources are only available in few environments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are very little available resources. 9. Why is a bird's nest consider biotic? A) It is made by a living organism. B) It will eventually decay and weather. C) It is made of nonliving materials. D) It provides a house for bird's eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is made by a living organism. 10. Which of the following could be considered a secondary consumer? A) Rabbit. B) Deer. C) Shrew. D) Squirrel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shrew. 11. Herbivores are a necessary link between producers and other consumers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. To die out-to die out A) Right. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 13. What do we call several different populations interacting in some way? A) Population. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 14. Energy for producers in the food chain comes directly from the ..... A) Primary consumers. B) Secondary consumers. C) Sun. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 15. Tertiary consumers A) Eat the primary consumer. B) Eat plants and animals. C) Consume the producer. D) Eat the secondary consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eat the secondary consumer. 16. A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected A) Camouflage. B) Parasite. C) Host. D) Commensalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commensalism. 17. What does Tropic Level 2 Contain? A) Producers. B) Primary Consumers. C) Secondary Consumers. D) Tertiary Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primary Consumers. 18. Michael, David, and Ava went on a field trip to a forest. They observed various animals and plants interacting with each other and their surroundings. Based on their observations, which subject were they practically studying? A) The study of money. B) The study of environments. C) The study of the interaction of living things with each other and their physical environment. D) The study of of living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The study of the interaction of living things with each other and their physical environment. 19. Which is represented by all of the bullfrogs living in the same area at the same time? A) Community. B) Habitat. C) Population. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 20. How many letters does the word nature consist of? A) 6. B) 754. C) 52. D) 1488. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEcology Quiz 1Ecology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 5Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 9Ecology Quiz 10Ecology Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books