This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 87 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 87 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Example of a producer A) Frog. B) Algae. C) Worm. D) Mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algae. 2. The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment A) Ecology. B) Genetics. C) Evolution. D) Biochemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 3. Species that move in from another area and take over, causing harm. A) Invasive species. B) Native species. C) Your mom. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Invasive species. 4. A consumer that only eats plants is called a(n) what? A) Herbivore. B) Carnivore. C) Omnivore. D) Decoposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivore. 5. A ..... is a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce viable offspring. A) Genus. B) Kingdom. C) Species. D) Phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species. 6. (True or False)-Organisms that are Heterotrophic can make their own food through the process of Photosynthesis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Creatures that can live in extreme environments are A) Hooligans. B) Extremists. C) Extremophiles. D) Extremely rare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extremophiles. 8. Nuri lives in an area where there is little rain and not many plants. The daytime temperatures can be much higher than nighttime temperatures. Where does Nuri live? A) Deciduous forest. B) Grassland. C) Desert. D) Tropical rain forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 9. Pick up A) Turn off. B) Pick up. C) Go away. D) Come in. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pick up. 10. What is the correct order of the water cycle? A) Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff. B) Runoff, Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation. C) Evaporation, Precipitation, Runoff, Condensation. D) Condensation, Evaporation, Runoff, Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff. 11. S located near the North Pole. A thin layer of soil covers something called permafrost, a layer of ground that is permanently frozen, so it never thaws. Most of the year the temperature is below freezing, and very little rain falls there. It is the coldest biome. A) Come on. B) Arctic. C) Tundra. D) Subpermafrost. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra. 12. Bacteria living in the roots of legumes can absorbe nitrogen from the air and convert it into ammonia by which process? A) Nitrogen fixation. B) Carbon fixation. C) Oxygen fixation. D) Hydrogen fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen fixation. 13. Classification of environmental factors: A) Biogenesis and abiogenesis. B) Biological and chemical. C) Biotic and abiotic, anthropogenic. D) Ecological and non-ecological. E) Factored and unfactored. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biotic and abiotic, anthropogenic. 14. In an logistical population growth model, the line resembles a/an ..... A) L. B) S. C) J. D) V. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) S. 15. Any thing or organism that regulates the size of a population of another organism is known as ..... A) A limiting measure. B) A limiting factor. C) Factorization. D) Materialization of precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A limiting factor. 16. What type of symbiosis? *Remora use suckers to attach temporarily to large marine animals such as sharks, manta rays, whales, turtles, or large fish. *The shark provides free transportation, protection, and dropped food and feces which the remora feeds on. The host is not injured. A) Commensalism. B) Mutualism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commensalism. 17. A resource that can replenish itself is ..... A) Renewable. B) Non-renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 18. Decomposers are necessary in a food chain because they A) Return nutrients to the ecosystem. B) Absorb energy from the sun. C) Produce organic nutrients. D) Manufacture food by photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Return nutrients to the ecosystem. 19. Why do the populations of invasive species grow so quickly? A) Invasive species are native to an area. B) Invasive species are prey to many animals. C) Invasive species have no predators. D) Invasive species keep the ecosystem in equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Invasive species have no predators. 20. Which is not the characteristics of 'r' selected species? A) Reproduce quickly. B) Parental care. C) A low survival rate of progenies. D) Produce a large number of progenies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parental care. ← 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