This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ecology Environment > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which example describes an abiotic factor that could impact the diversity of an ecosystem? A) An increase in prey can impact the number of predators in an ecosystem. B) An introduction of an invasive species can change the amount of resources in an ecosystem. C) The competition for food can impact the survival rate between members of the same species in an ecosystem. D) An increase in the amount of acid rain can change the pH of an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An increase in the amount of acid rain can change the pH of an ecosystem. 2. What are decomposers? A) Organisms that get their nergy by breaking down waste and dead organims. B) Organisms that eat other living organisms. C) Organisms that eat plants. D) Organisms that make their own food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organisms that get their nergy by breaking down waste and dead organims. 3. Decomposers cycle matter and energy between which of these? A) Water and soil. B) Producers and consumers. C) Dead organisms and scavengers. D) Remains of living things and the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remains of living things and the environment. 4. A ..... is the natural home or environment of a plant, animal, or other organism. A) Habitat. B) Symbiosis. C) Food chain. D) Intraspecies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Habitat. 5. The acidity of a local stream would most likely be affected by A) A change in the percentage of decomposers livingin the stream. B) A new source of air pollution. C) A new predator species being introduced to theecosystem. D) A decrease in the amount of sunlight that reaches the stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A new source of air pollution. 6. Sea otters live in the ocean. Which of the following is NOT likely to be a limiting factor on the sea otter population? A) Disease. B) Competition. C) Drought. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drought. 7. Which major biome is home to cacti, mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small reptiles, and coyotes? A) Desert. B) Taiga. C) Tundra. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 8. Which of the following would increase a person's overall ecological footprint? A) Using public transportation to work. B) Properly insulating houses to reduce the amount of heat necessary during winter months. C) A school system turns on all the heat in the classrooms when it is 70 degrees outside. D) Frequently recycling paper and plastic products. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A school system turns on all the heat in the classrooms when it is 70 degrees outside. 9. The ..... of an environmental proposal are often economic. A) Costs and benefits. B) Population growth. C) Pollution source. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Costs and benefits. 10. How are populations affected by short-term environmental changes? A) They do not have time to adapt to the changes that take place. B) They increase in number significantly due to the changes that take place. C) Only certain individuals are affected by the changes that take place. D) They are not affected by the changed that take place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They do not have time to adapt to the changes that take place. 11. Which of the following describes the depletion of a renewable resource A) Hunting excess deer to maintain healthy population size. B) Intensive cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients. C) Mining coal. D) Increasing use of solar energy to generate electrical power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intensive cultivation of farmland that exhausts soil nutrients. 12. Deforestation of areas considered to be rich sources of genetic material could limit future agricultural and medical advances due to A) Themaintenance of dynamic equilibrium. B) Theloss of biodiversity. C) Anincrease in the ecosystem's carrying capacity. D) Thedepletion of the ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theloss of biodiversity. 13. The bodies of all living things are based on carbon. Which of the following is the primary source of carbon in living things? A) Carbon compounds stored in fossil fuels. B) Carbon compounds in the soil. C) Dissolved carbon dioxide in the biosphere. D) Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 14. Graphic organizer to demonstrate how one organism eats another organism and obtains energy. A) Food Chain. B) Food Web. C) Energy Pyramid. D) Energy Chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food Chain. 15. An ecosystem will most likely remain stable if A) It has more predators than prey. B) It has a high level of biodiversity. C) Biotic factors decrease. D) Finite resources decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has a high level of biodiversity. 16. An abiotic factor consists of ..... A) Non living things. B) Both living and non living organisms. C) Living organisms. D) Only living organisms in the belton community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non living things. 17. Compared with their counterparts in developed countries, individuals in developing nations typically have a A) Higher standard of living. B) Larger ecological footprint. C) Shorter life span. D) Greater dependence on fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shorter life span. 18. What is the preservation and wise use of natural resources called? A) Conservation. B) Ecology. C) Habits. D) Biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservation. 19. What is another name for an autotroph? A) Herbivore. B) Producer. C) Consumer. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 20. A person who designs and builds complicated products, machines, systems, or structures A) Smart. B) Designer. C) Activist. D) Engineer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Engineer. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 8Ecology And Environment Quiz 9Ecology And Environment Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books