This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem A) Abiotic factor. B) Biotic factor. C) Biome. D) Food chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic factor. 2. Process by which animals convert sugars into energy and Carbon Dioxide. A) Carrying Capacity. B) Respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) Limiting Factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiration. 3. A system of food chains that shows the transfer of energy is termed A) Prey. B) Predator. C) Food chain. D) Food web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Food web. 4. Choose the correct order of organization from smallest to largest A) Species$\rightarrow$ Population$\rightarrow$ Community$\rightarrow$ Ecosystem$\rightarrow$Biosphere. B) Community$\rightarrow$ Species$\rightarrow$ Population$\rightarrow$ Biosphere $\rightarrow$ Ecosystem. C) Ecosystem$\rightarrow$ Community$\rightarrow$ Species$\rightarrow$ Population$\rightarrow$ Biosphere. D) Population$\rightarrow$Species$\rightarrow$ Community$\rightarrow$ Ecosystem$\rightarrow$Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species$\rightarrow$ Population$\rightarrow$ Community$\rightarrow$ Ecosystem$\rightarrow$Biosphere. 5. Continued depletion of the ozone layer will most likely result in A) Adecrease in climatic changes. B) A decreasein atmospheric pollutants. C) Anincrease in marine ecosystem stability. D) Anincrease in skin cancer among humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anincrease in skin cancer among humans. 6. If two similar species who usually live in different areas and eat the same types of prey suddenly live in the same ecosystem, what will most likely happen? A) One species would act as a predator for the other. B) Both species would compete for food resources. C) They would form a mutualistic relationship. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both species would compete for food resources. 7. Process by which plants make their own food A) Competition. B) Producer. C) Respiration. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photosynthesis. 8. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. It seems impossible to completely ban people from cutting down forests for wood and farming. A) Prohibit. B) Permit. C) Discourage. D) Promote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permit. 9. Who causes the most damage to coral reefs? A) Whales. B) Fish. C) Humans. D) Boats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans. 10. Consumes wastes and dead organisms. A) Decomposer. B) Consumer. C) Limiting factor. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposer. 11. The environment contains: A) Living things (biotic) only. B) Nonliving things (abiotic) only. C) Both living and nonliving things. D) Only artificial things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both living and nonliving things. 12. Place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival. A) Habitat. B) Symbiosis. C) Niche. D) Prey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 13. Mandates the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters A) Clean Water Act. B) Safe Drinking Water Act. C) Clean Air Act. D) Resource Conservation Recovery Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean Water Act. 14. Sunlight, wind and water are ..... resources A) Unrenewable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Renewable. D) Semirenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable. 15. Which term refers to the study of organisms and their interactions within the environment? A) Niche. B) Biosphere. C) Habitat. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ecology. 16. Organism that cannot make its own food and gets nutrients and energy requirements by feeding on other organisms; also called a Consumer. A) Heterotroph. B) Autotroph. C) Detritvore. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterotroph. 17. What is missing from this food chain? Grass > Grasshopper > Bird > Snake A) Decomposer. B) Producer. C) Secondary Consumer. D) Primary Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposer. 18. All of the following are abiotic factors except: A) Plants. B) Rocks. C) Wind. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants. 19. A forest full of many kinds of trees and grasses is an example of a A) Population. B) Organism. C) Community. D) Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Community. 20. After a volcanic eruption, mosses and lichens colonize the cooled lava flows. This is ..... A) Primary succession. B) Climax comunity. C) Secondary succession. D) Trophic levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary succession. 21. The living part of an ecosystem A) Mother Earth. B) Flowers. C) Abiotic. D) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biotic. 22. We will reduce air pollution and helped the environment if we use public transportation . A B C D A) Helped. B) Pollution. C) Will reduce. D) Public transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helped. 23. Conserving wetlands and reducing deforestation will help A) Protect habitats. B) Eliminate exotic species. C) Stop air pollution. D) Slow over population. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protect habitats. 24. Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed A) Parasitism. B) Secondary succession. C) Pioneer species. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parasitism. 25. What is significant about the first three (3) levels of organization in the environment? A) The first three (3) levels have only abiotic factors. B) The first three (3) levels have only ionic factors. C) The first three (3) levels have only biotic factors. D) The first three (3) levels have abiotic and biotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The first three (3) levels have only biotic factors. 26. How does nitrogen get to the ground from the atmosphere? A) Rain and lightning. B) Thunder. C) Heat. D) Dangifino. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain and lightning. 27. You are observing a population of lizards when you notice that the number of adults has increased and is higher than previously observed. One explanation for such an observation would include A) Increased immigration. B) Reduction in death rate. C) Decreased emigration. D) Decreased emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased immigration. 28. Which limiting factor would increase due to the number of individuals in a population? A) Unusual weather. B) Natural disaster. C) Births. D) Disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disease. 29. Trash in the environment is a problem because A) Animals can eat it and die. B) Animals can get their heads stuck in containers. C) It can kill ocean plants and animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 30. Earth's atmosphere is made up of 78% ..... and 21% ..... A) Hydrogen, carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen, nitrogen. C) Nitrogen, oxygen. D) Hydrogen, carbon monoxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen, oxygen. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEcology Environment QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEcology And Environment Quiz 1Ecology And Environment Quiz 2Ecology And Environment Quiz 3Ecology And Environment Quiz 4Ecology And Environment Quiz 5Ecology And Environment Quiz 6Ecology And Environment Quiz 7Ecology And Environment Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books