This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology β Quiz 85 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 85 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the science of organizing, classifying and naming living things. A) Taxonomy. B) Taxidermy. C) Taxicab. D) Toxicology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taxonomy. 2. It takes about 200 years with primary succession and about 50 years with primary succession to reach this conclusion A) Climax community. B) Rich soil. C) Land recycling. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax community. 3. How many liters of water A) 1L. B) 2. C) Say. D) Vinegar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1L. 4. What is a Decomposer? A) It an animal that eats everything. B) Its an plant that eats dead animals and plants. C) It a human. D) It the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its an plant that eats dead animals and plants. 5. Environmental Ρontamination earthquake cliff A) Environmental emergency. B) Environmental protection. C) Environmental pollution. D) Outputs/emissions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental pollution. 6. In an ecosystem there are more ..... than ..... A) Consumers, producers. B) Producers, consumers. C) Lions, birds. D) Energy, producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producers, consumers. 7. Non-living things A) Biotic. B) Abiotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abiotic. 8. Which term best describes the flow of water over land? A) Runoff. B) Precipitation. C) Transpiration. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff. 9. What kind of organism gets energy by eating living things? A) Decoposer. B) Consumer. C) Producer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 10. Study of interactions between organisms and with the physical and chemical environment A) Ecology. B) Environment. C) Ecosystem. D) Environmentalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 11. What are some problems associated with low tide? A) Waves crashing on shore may affect an organism's ability to hold on. B) Organisms may dry out due to lack of water. C) Organisms are exposed to direct sunlight. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. What is global warming? A) The steady rise of earth's daily temperature. B) The rapid rise of Earth's average temperature. C) The steady rise of the United States' daily temperature. D) The rapid rise of the United States' average temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rapid rise of Earth's average temperature. 13. A tertiary consumer would get ..... % of the stored energy in the secondary consumer. A) 1%. B) 20%. C) 100%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10%. 14. What affects population density A) Emigration. B) Immigration. C) Birth and death rate. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. What is the original source for all energy in an ecosystem? A) Water. B) Producers. C) Sun. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 16. A difference between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis A) Photosynthesis doesn't use light and chemosynthesis does. B) Photosynthesis makes sugar and chemosynthesis doesn't. C) Photosynthesis uses light and chemosynthesis doesn't. D) Photosynthesis doesn't make sugar and chemosynthesis does. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis uses light and chemosynthesis doesn't. 17. A density-dependent limiting factor is A) A factor that changes after exponential growth. B) A limiting factoer that depends on population size; example-disease. C) An organism tht keeps eating and reproducing. D) When people keep reproducing until there's no more food to support them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A limiting factoer that depends on population size; example-disease. 18. Many people value biodiversity because it A) Provides natural resources. B) Provides foods and goods. C) Provides medicines. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. The smallest level of organization listed below is ..... A) The biosphere. B) A community. C) A population. D) An ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A population. 20. What do plants make by using air, water, and energy from the Sun? A) Food. B) Heat. C) Soil. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food. β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesEcology Quiz 1Ecology Quiz 2Ecology Quiz 3Ecology Quiz 4Ecology Quiz 5Ecology Quiz 6Ecology Quiz 7Ecology Quiz 8Ecology Quiz 9Ecology Quiz 10 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books