This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are nonrenewable resources? A) Sugar. B) Canola. C) Corn. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 2. The factor that has the biggest influence on biome classification is: A) Soil type. B) Topography. C) Climate. D) Magnetic fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 3. What is an example of an herbivore? A) Hawk. B) Fox. C) Deer. D) Wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deer. 4. The human population has the reproductive ability to produce unrealistically large populations. How would you describe their growth? A) Logistic growth. B) Linear growth. C) Declining growth. D) Exponential growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exponential growth. 5. The energy at each trophic level in the pryamid of energy decreases by a factor of ..... A) 100. B) 2. C) 10. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 6. Which is an example of an ecosystem? A) Forest plants. B) Jungle animals. C) Savanna temperatures. D) The tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The tundra. 7. The ability of a population of living species to increase under ideal environmental conditions. A) Biotic Potential. B) Biodiversity. C) Species Richness. D) Carrying Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biotic Potential. 8. Stability within an ecosystem is achieved partially by the presence of organisms that break down important molecules and make them available for other organisms to use. These organisms are A) Decomposers. B) Scavengers. C) Plants. D) Herbivores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers. 9. What type of distribution is the most common among all organisms? A) Uniform. B) Unmeasured. C) Clumped. D) Random. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clumped. 10. Increased industrialization will most likely A) Increasethe stability of ecosystems. B) Increaseenvironmental carrying capacity. C) Decreaseglobal warming. D) Decreaseavailable habitats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decreaseavailable habitats. 11. The correct order of ecological organization from the smallest to the largest is ..... A) Organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere, biome. B) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere. C) Population, organism, biosphere, community, ecosystem, biome. D) Biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere. 12. After a natural disaster such as a hurricane or tornado, what will happen in the damaged ecosystem? A) Nothing; it will remain uninhabited. B) A new, different ecosystem will evolve. C) An ecosystem like the previous one will be re-established. D) No one really knows what to expect after a natural disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An ecosystem like the previous one will be re-established. 13. Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Then the honey guide birds eat. A) Commensalism. B) Predation. C) Mutualism. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mutualism. 14. What is the measurement of population per unit area or unit volume? A) Size. B) Capacity. C) Capacity. D) Population Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population Density. 15. What does the term carrying capacity describe? A) The population size that the environment can sustain. B) The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population. C) The maximum number of birth rates for a population. D) The ability of a population to accept new immigrants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The population size that the environment can sustain. 16. A sustainable world would be characterized by the A) Preservation of rare animals by relocation from natural habitats to laboratories. B) Invention of safer storage facilities for increased amounts of toxic wastes. C) Maximum exploitation of natural resources using more advanced technologies. D) Indefinite existence of human populations in healthy and prosperous conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indefinite existence of human populations in healthy and prosperous conditions. 17. Cutting down trees will ..... A) Have very little effect on the living things in the ecosytem. B) Affect most of the plants and animals in the ecosystem. C) Only affect animals that live in the trees of the ecosystem. D) Only affect animals that live in ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affect most of the plants and animals in the ecosystem. 18. Which choice best describes topsoil? A) Humus, minerals, and air. B) Bacteria, rocks, and water. C) Mud, sand, and water. D) Water, humus, rock particles, minerals, and air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water, humus, rock particles, minerals, and air. 19. Due to overfishing, the number of fish in the ocean could drastically decrease. This will cause A) A decrease in the oxygen available in the oceans. B) An increase in the stability of the oceans. C) An increase in the salt content of the oceans. D) A decrease in the stability of the oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A decrease in the stability of the oceans. 20. What does every food chain start with (hint:original source of energy)? A) Decomposers. B) Sun. C) Producers. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sun. 21. To find population density: A) Population divided by growth rate. B) Growth rate divided by population. C) Density divided by population. D) Population divided by area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population divided by area. 22. Which biome, because of its climate and amount of rainfall, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? A) Tundra. B) Pineforest. C) Desert. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rainforest. 23. Listing both the benefits and expenses involved in implementing a particular environmental solution is an example of a(n) A) Risk assessment. B) Market equlibrium. C) Ecological footprint. D) Cost benefit analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cost benefit analysis. 24. Scientists say that ..... may cause the earth's temperature to rise by 3 degrees. A) Global heating. B) Global warming. C) World warming. D) World heating. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Global warming. 25. Of freshwater on Earth is "locked away" in what water source location? A) Atmosphere. B) Rivers and lakes. C) Underground. D) Ice and glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ice and glaciers. 26. The study of heredity A) Van Leeuwenhoek. B) Genetics. C) Cytology. D) Herd Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetics. 27. Heterotroph that preys (eats) on other heterotrophs. A) Omnivore. B) Parasitism. C) Herbivore. D) Carnivore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carnivore. 28. Which of these relationships is harmful? A) Crocodile and plover bird. B) Two scavenger birds fighting to eat a dead animal. C) A flea on a dog. D) A ladybug eating aphids on a plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A flea on a dog. 29. Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources? A) Deforestation. B) Heating homes with fossil fuels. C) Recycling. D) Removingcarnivores from a forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycling. 30. A resource which occurs naturally in the environment and is used by people is referred to as A) An environmental resource. B) A natural resource. C) A point source. D) Technology. 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