This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A hole dug or drilled into the ground to provide a supply of water. A) Groundwater. B) Watershed. C) Desalination. D) Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Well. 2. Which is a factor that does not increase biodiversity? A) Survival. B) Nutrients. C) Diverse habitat. D) Environmental stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental stress. 3. Energy ..... through an ecosystem while matter ..... A) Flows, cycles. B) Cycles, flows. C) Flows, disappears. D) Cycles, recycles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flows, cycles. 4. We are protected from the sun's UV rays by the ..... A) Ezone layer. B) UV barrier. C) Atmosphere. D) Ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ozone layer. 5. Which term refers to the place where an organism obtains everything they need to survive? A) Ecology. B) Niche. C) Biosphere. D) Habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Habitat. 6. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. If we reuse plastic packaging and plastic bottles, we will reduce pollution. A) Stop using something. B) Use something twice. C) Use something again. D) Use something less. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use something again. 7. Examples of a producer A) Algae. B) Mouse. C) Worm. D) Frog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algae. 8. The non-living part such as temperature, water, and sun are ..... parts of an ecosystem. A) Population. B) Organism. C) Abiotic. D) Biotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abiotic. 9. All of the following are examples of environmental changes that can be caused by humans except- A) Clearing land for housing developments. B) Pesticides. C) Volcanic eruption. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcanic eruption. 10. Biology is the study of A) Science. B) Movement. C) Life. D) Matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life. 11. What are two goals that water treatment plants fulfill? A) Clean and disinfect the water. B) Boil and evaporate the water. C) Remove the animals and plants. D) Add chemicals and remove pesticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean and disinfect the water. 12. The final stable community of plants and animals is called: A) Pioneer community. B) Farmland. C) Climax community. D) Old field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax community. 13. Organisms that make their own food is a A) Predator. B) Producer. C) Decomposer. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 14. Ways to conserve resources include reducing, recycling, and A) Rethinking. B) Reusing. C) Renaming. D) Rebuilding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reusing. 15. Global warming has been linked to a decrease in A) Therate of carbon dioxide production. B) Thesize of the polar ice caps. C) Thetemperature of Earth. D) Therate of species extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thesize of the polar ice caps. 16. Which human activity most directly causes a significant increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Growing corn for food. B) Driving cars long distances. C) Not using products containing plastics. D) Planting large numbers of trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Driving cars long distances. 17. How are populations affected by long-term environmental changes? A) They generally become extinct due to the changes that take place. B) They increase in number due to the changes that take place. C) The adapt to the changes that take place gradually over time. D) They are not affected by the changes that take place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The adapt to the changes that take place gradually over time. 18. Which of the following can cause pollution? A) Noise. B) Garbage. C) Chemicals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. What Biome is very dry; receives very little rainfall? A) Tropical Savanna. B) Tundra. C) Tropical Rain Forest. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 20. Immigration is ..... A) The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. B) The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another. C) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. 21. How can a global loss of biodiversity impact the Earth? A) It can increase ecosystem stability. B) It can promote a wider variety of life within the biosphere. C) It can lead to a global shortage of food. D) It can increase the life expectancy of all species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It can lead to a global shortage of food. 22. What term is given by scientists to the living parts of an ecosystem? A) Biotic Factors. B) Abiotic Factors. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic Factors. 23. An individual living thing is called A) A population. B) An organism. C) A community. D) An ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An organism. 24. Which human activity would preserve finite resources? A) The production of new species. B) Deforestation. C) Removing carnivores from a forest. D) Recycling aluminum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recycling aluminum. 25. Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator? A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) Grassland. D) Tropical forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropical forest. 26. Another name for a producer is an A) Autotroph. B) Carnivore. C) Heterotroph. D) Herbivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autotroph. 27. A type of succession that occurs on abandoned farmland A) Old-field succession. B) Ecological succession. C) Secondary succession. D) Algal bloom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old-field succession. 28. Farming reduces the natural biodiversity of an area, yet farms are necessary to feed the world's human population. This situation is an example of A) Poor land use. B) A trade-off. C) Conservation. D) A technological fix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A trade-off. 29. Which of the following is the work of an environmentalists? A) Reduce air and water pollution. B) Protect natural environments so that endangered animals can survive. C) Find ways to conserve natural resources. D) All of these above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these above. 30. The most common reason species become extinct is due to: A) Loss of resources. B) Loss of habitat. C) Loss of space. D) Starvation. 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