This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ecology Environment > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit A) Competition. B) Mutualism. C) Nitrogen fixation. D) Energy pyramid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mutualism. 2. Community and the abiotic factors that affect it. A) Population. B) Ecosystem. C) Biosphere. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem. 3. Part of the earth that living organisms inhabit A) Biosphere. B) Biome. C) Niche. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biosphere. 4. Which of the following would have a negative impact on an ecosystem A) Constructing highways. B) Planting trees. C) Recycling paper. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constructing highways. 5. Which of the following is not a renewable resource? A) Coal. B) Wind energy. C) Solar energy. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 6. A common type of succession that occurs on a surface where an ecosystem HAS previously existed A) Ecological succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Old-field succession. D) Algal bloom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary succession. 7. Choose which of the following is NOT an example of a natural resource. A) Coal. B) Sunlight. C) Timber (trees). D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic. 8. MIMICRY IS A) AN ADAPTATION MADE FOR FINDING MATES. B) AN ADAPTATION FOR SURVIVING TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION. C) EVOLVED RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN AN ORGANISM AND AN OBJECT. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EVOLVED RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN AN ORGANISM AND AN OBJECT. 9. Which of the following is an example of a biotic component of the environment? A) Wind. B) Vegetation. C) Water. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vegetation. 10. What does the "I" in HIPPCO represent? A) Population. B) Invasive Species. C) Incumbent species. D) Isolated species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invasive Species. 11. Populations of different organisms living in an area A) Species. B) Community. C) Niche. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Community. 12. A secondary consumer A) Eats primary consumers. B) Eats producers. C) Eats plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eats primary consumers. 13. To measure population density, you must divide the number of individuals living in a defined space by the A) Area of the space. B) Birth and death rates. C) Carrying capacity. D) Height of the space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Area of the space. 14. Producers are generally found at the beginning of a food chain. Which statement best explains why this is true? A) Consumers are always more complex organisms than producers. B) There are always more consumers than producers in food chains. C) Producers are usually smaller in size than consumers. D) Producers do not rely on other organisms for food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producers do not rely on other organisms for food. 15. Throughout New York State, some farmers have switched from growing a variety of vegetable crops to growing a single crop, such as corn. Other farmers are concerned that such a practice will make it more likely that an entire crop could be lost to disease or infestation by an insect pest. This is a valid concern because this practice A) Reduces the biodiversity of their fields. B) Increases the number of decomposers in their fields. C) Decreases the need to import food. D) Increases the number of invasive species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduces the biodiversity of their fields. 16. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit. A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) Predation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 17. Definition of Migration A) The act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another. B) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. C) The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. 18. Two closely related species of birds live in the same tree. Species A feeds on ants and termites, while Species B feeds on caterpillars. The two species coexist successfully because A) Each occupies a different niche. B) They interbreed. C) They use different methods of reproduction. D) Birds compete for food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Each occupies a different niche. 19. A population is correctly defined as having which of the following characteristics? I. inhabiting the same general area II. individuals belonging to the same species III. possessing a constant and uniform density and dispersion A) I only. B) III only. C) I & 11 Only. D) II & III only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I & 11 Only. 20. What is not a cause of habitat destruction? Logging Forest Fires Sanctuaries Agriculture A) Logging. B) Forest fires. C) Sanctuaries. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sanctuaries. ← 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 9Ecology And Environment Quiz 10Ecology And Environment Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books