This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Ecology – Quiz 96 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology Quiz 96 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following statements best describes the concept of NPP (Net Primary Production) A) Energy captured minus energy lost. B) Total amount of energy lost. C) Total amount of energy produced from photosynthesis. D) Total amount of energy available within an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy captured minus energy lost. 2. Are mutations always harmful? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 3. Evaporation is: A) When you dry yourself off after a shower. B) The process by which water changes from a liquid to a solid. C) The process by which water changes from a liquid ino an atmospheric gas. D) When you sweat a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process by which water changes from a liquid ino an atmospheric gas. 4. Ostriches and Gazelles feed next to each other. They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger. Since the visual abilities of the two species are different, they can each identify threats the other animal would not as readily see. A) Parasitism. B) Commensalism. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mutualism. 5. A place where an organism lives. A) Terrain. B) Habitat. C) Community. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 6. An organism that is a carnivore that only feeds on the bodies of dead organisms A) Herbivore. B) Omnivore. C) Scavenger. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scavenger. 7. Which of the following best describes climate? 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: B) Long-term conditions (months/years) of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc. 8. If a population's age structure diagram has a large base compared to the middle, then the population is A) Growing rapidly. B) Growing slowly. C) Not growing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing rapidly. 9. A tick living on a dog represents which type of relationship. A) Commensalism. B) Parasitism. C) Mutualism. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 10. Which of the following is a consequence of biological magnification? A) Biological magnification has no effect on ecosystems. B) Toxic chemicals in the environment pose greater risk to top-level predators than to primary consumers. C) Only a small portion of the energy captured by producers is transferred to consumers. D) Populations of top-level predators are generally smaller than populations of primary consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toxic chemicals in the environment pose greater risk to top-level predators than to primary consumers. 11. Which of the following would have a negative impact on an ecosystem A) Constructing highways. B) Planting trees. C) Recycling paper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constructing highways. 12. Invasive species ..... choose the correct options A) Can break the natural balance in an ecosystem. B) Live in an ecosystem from a very long time. C) Can arrive in a place because of men. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can break the natural balance in an ecosystem. 13. What is the MOST COMMON type of DECOMPOSER? A) Mushrooms. B) Lions. C) Ants. D) Hawks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mushrooms. 14. A collection of different populations that live in a specific area/habitat. A) Community. B) Niche. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community. 15. Carbon dioxide is a gas produced by ..... and used by ..... A) Plants and animals. B) Carbon and photosynthesis. C) Animals and plants. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Animals and plants. 16. Brown Mix have 9 materials that can be use for compost. Which one of the materials below that cannot be use for Brown Mix? A) Corrugated cardboard. B) Straw or hay. C) Plastic bottles. D) Dryer lint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic bottles. 17. The Interactions between living and non living things in an environment A) Weather. B) Energy. C) Waves. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecology. 18. What impact do the amounts of available energy, water, and oxygen have on an ecosystem? A) They act as limiting factors. B) ]They are used as nutrients. C) They recycle the residue of dead organisms. D) They control environmental temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They act as limiting factors. 19. A deep body of water with organisms adapted to cold, darkness, and very high water pressure. A) Coral reef. B) Wetland. C) River. D) Deep sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deep sea. 20. Cattle egrets are birds that forage in fields among cattle. The egrets get easy access to food and the cattle don't care if they are there or not. A) Mutualism. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commensalism. ← 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