This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What factor does not determine the size of an individual's ecological footprint? A) Amount and efficiency of resource use. B) Amount of waste produced. C) Size of population. D) Toxicity of waste produced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Size of population. 2. Study of interactions between organisms and their environment A) Niche. B) Ecology. C) Ecosystem. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecology. 3. Which ecosystem would scientists consider to be the most stable? A) A coral reef that is fished by native people several times a day. B) A tropical rainforest that is being cut down to make room for farmland. C) A temperate forest where all the tree trunks have been damaged by beetles. D) A savanna that retains the same number of species even when a drought occurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A savanna that retains the same number of species even when a drought occurs. 4. What is a climax community? A) An ecosystem that is just beginning to grow. B) An ecosystem that is stable and mature and has reached the final stages of succession. C) An ecosystem that is damaged by a forest fire. D) An ecosystem that is damaged by a landslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An ecosystem that is stable and mature and has reached the final stages of succession. 5. How do warmer temperatures and higher rainfall generally influence biodiversity? A) Biodiversity stabilizes. B) Biodiversity increases then decreases. C) Biodiversity increases. D) Biodiversity decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity increases. 6. Gradual changes in all the interconnected weather elements on our planet: A) Ecosystem. B) Climate change. C) Wildfire. D) Conifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate change. 7. Ecology is the study of A) The interactions of organisms and their environment. B) The human body. C) The study of communities and populations. D) The study of living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The interactions of organisms and their environment. 8. What is the characteristic shape of a curve illustrating logistic growth? A) L-shaped. B) U-shaped. C) S-shaped. D) J-shaped. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S-shaped. 9. What is the dispersion pattern of herding animals, birds that flock together, and fish that form schools? A) Clumped. B) Random. C) Uniform. D) Unpredictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clumped. 10. A GROUP OF POPULATION OF TWO OR MORE SPIECES OCCUPYING THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA DURING A PARTICULAR TIME CALLED A) INTERACTION. B) ECOSYSTEM. C) COMMUNITY. D) COMMENSALISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COMMUNITY. 11. What "fixes" nitrogen in the soil so that it can be used by plants? A) Bacteria. B) Decomposing plants. C) Rocks. D) Viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacteria. 12. Which is the thin layer of the earth that supports life and also the largest level of ecological organization? A) The biome. B) The biosphere. C) A population. D) A community. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The biosphere. 13. A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed. A) Parasitism. B) Commensalism. C) Producism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 14. Which of the following gases is thought to be responsible for increasing global temperatures A) Carbon dioxide. B) Ozone. C) Argon. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 15. What is a habitat? A) The physical location where animals live. B) An animals behavior. C) A bad behavior of organisms. D) Another name for a community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The physical location where animals live. 16. Which statement best explains the purpose of the microorganisms in this aquarium? A) Microorganisms recycle nutrients that support the ecosystem. B) Microorganisms are an abiotic factor important for decomposition. C) Microorganisms are a source of food for the plant. D) Microorganisms recycle the energy in this ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Microorganisms recycle nutrients that support the ecosystem. 17. A third-level consumer has to be which type? A) Carnivore. B) Herbivore. C) Producer. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnivore. 18. Which scenario describes a population? A) Beetles, fungi, and spiders living under a log. B) All of the German cockroaches living in a house. C) A bee pollinating flowers. D) All of the different species of fish living in around a coral reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of the German cockroaches living in a house. 19. The difference between an ecosystem and a community is that a(an) A) Community includes both living and nonliving parts of the environment. B) Community includes both natural and artificial parts of the environment. C) Ecosystem includes both living and nonliving parts of the environment. D) Ecosystem includes both natural and artificial parts of the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem includes both living and nonliving parts of the environment. 20. Much of today's environmental problems began in which period(s) of human history? A) Hunter gather period. B) Two answers are correct. C) Industrial revolution. D) Agriculture revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial revolution. 21. A group of individuals of the same species living in their environment is known as a: A) Biosphere. B) Community. C) Population. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 22. Very common and can be found in many places, including soil and animal bodies A) Eukarya. B) Archaea. C) Bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 23. Species diversity eventually increases in A) Primary succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Both types of succession. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both types of succession. 24. MEASURING BOD IS PRIMARILY USED FOR ESTIMATING A) TYPE OF MICROBES. B) LEVEL OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN. C) QUANTITY OF ORGANIC MATTER IN SEWAGE WASTE. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) QUANTITY OF ORGANIC MATTER IN SEWAGE WASTE. 25. An example of a typical pioneer species, that is one that appears in the earliest stages of ecological succession, is- A) Oak trees. B) Humans. C) Weeds. D) Spiders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weeds. 26. What is another name for producer? A) Consumer. B) Herbivore. C) Lichen. D) Autotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autotroph. 27. Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL A) Pioneer speciles. B) Ecological succession. C) Primary succession. D) Secondary succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary succession. 28. Where would you expect to find most of the seaweed and algae found in an ocean biome? A) Far out at sea and near the ocean surface. B) Close to shore and near the ocean surface. C) Close to shore and on the sea floor. D) Far out to sea and on the sea floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Close to shore and near the ocean surface. 29. All the individuals of one species living in the same area A) Population. B) Ecosystem. C) Organism. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population. 30. Factors that can limit or decrease the size of a population. A) Photosynthesis. B) Respiration. C) Carrying Capacity. D) Limiting Factors. 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