This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Environmental science is a study of which types of interactions between humans and the environment? A) How humans use natural resources. B) How human beings relate to the nonliving environment. C) How human actions alter the environment. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. The by-product of human existence is A) Natural resources. B) Population growth. C) Biodiversity. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollution. 3. Only 10 percent of the energy stored in an organism can be passed on to the next trophic level. Of the remaining energy, some is used for the organism's life processes, and the rest is A) Used in reproduction. B) Stored as body fat. C) Stored as body tissue. D) Eliminated as heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eliminated as heat. 4. Which of the following is a biotic factor within an ecosystem? A) Amount of sunlight. B) Climate in the region. C) Amount of oxygen in the air. D) Herivores that feed on producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herivores that feed on producers. 5. The role of plants in a food web is A) Predator. B) Producer. C) Consumer. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 6. What type of graph would be best for representing the data from Ling's experiment A) Pie chart. B) Bar graph. C) Scatter Plot. D) Line graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Line graph. 7. Which is NOT an example of a natural environmental change? A) A volcanic eruption. B) A beaver dam. C) A hurricane. D) A housing development. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A housing development. 8. Choose the list that BEST describes what plants and animals need to survive. A) Soil, water, sunlight, food, air. B) Air, water, sunlight, and a source of food for energy. C) Food, air, oxygen, space, and water. D) Environment, habitat, space and sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Air, water, sunlight, and a source of food for energy. 9. The first level on a food chain, an autotroph, and a plant A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Prey. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producer. 10. Similar organisms that can reproduce with each other are considered to be members of the same ..... A) Species. B) Biosphere. C) Ecosystem. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species. 11. Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all ..... parts of the environment A) Abiotic. B) Living. C) Alive. D) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic. 12. A person who uses or supports strong actions to help make positive changes in society A) Activist. B) Mr. Haar. C) Mrs. Lukasiewicz. D) Advocate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Activist. 13. An increase in the atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) is the biggest contributor to which of the following? A) Global warming. B) Wind storms. C) El Nino. D) Ozone depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global warming. 14. Any close relationship between species, including mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism A) Habitat. B) Energy pyramid. C) Symbiosis. D) Energy through an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbiosis. 15. Biotic factors of an ecosystem are: A) Living things. B) Plants. C) Non-living. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living things. 16. An environmental factor such as predation, disease, and competition that depends on the number of members in a population per unit A) Density-independent factor. B) Population growth rate. C) Dispersion. D) Density-dependent factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Density-dependent factor. 17. The primary cause of invasive species introduction is A) Too much food. B) Human actions. C) Asteroids. D) Weather events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human actions. 18. Choose the most common way that invasive organisms threaten their adopted ecosystems? A) They reproduce quickly. B) They compete with native organisms for resources. C) They have fewer uses for humans in the area. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They compete with native organisms for resources. 19. How does the latitude of the tundra generally compare with that of the taiga? A) The taiga is in polar regions while the tundra is slightly closer to the equator. B) The tundra is in polar regions while the taiga is slightly closer to the equator. C) The taiga is in polar regions while the tundra is near the equator. D) The tundra is in polar regions while the taiga is near the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tundra is in polar regions while the taiga is slightly closer to the equator. 20. After a catastrophic wildfire that clears the land of all plants and trees, - A) Bushes will grow in the area before weeds grow. B) Weeds will grow in the area before trees grow. C) Plants will not grow again in the burned area. D) Only trees will grow in the burned area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weeds will grow in the area before trees grow. 21. Too many organisms in one area for the resources available is called A) Renewable resource. B) Overpopulation. C) Pollution. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overpopulation. 22. Which is not one of the 4 steps of Natural Selection? A) Inherited Variation. B) Over-Reproduction. C) Artificial Selection. D) Struggle to Survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Artificial Selection. 23. Which two biomes have the least precipitation? A) Tropical rain forest and temperate grasslan. B) Savanna and tropical dry forest. C) Tundra and desert. D) Boreal forest and temperate woodland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra and desert. 24. Competition between two different species, such as Paramecium caudatum & Paramecium aurelia, is called ..... competition. A) Interspecific. B) Intraspecific. C) Herbivore. D) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interspecific. 25. Abiotic factors are parts of the environment that are ..... A) Nonliving. B) Populations. C) Living. D) Vegetation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonliving. 26. Grazing cows disturb the grass and cause insects to fly around the cows as they eat. In turn, birds swoop in and eat the insects. This type of feeding relationship is an example of A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Predation. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Commensalism. 27. The greatest biodiversity on earth is found in the ..... biome. A) Taiga. B) Grassland. C) Temperate deciduous forest. D) Tropical rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical rainforest. 28. This biome is near the equator. A) Temperate deciduous forest. B) Grassland. C) Rainforest. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rainforest. 29. Process by which plants convert sunlight to produce food and oxygen. A) Respiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Habitat. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 30. Organisms move away from an area A) Immigration. B) Emigration. C) Competition. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emigration. ← 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