This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. One characteristic of a stable ecosystem is A) A high number of predators. B) An interdependence of organisms. C) A lack of biodiversity. D) An increase in human interference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An interdependence of organisms. 2. Which of the following is true in a climax community? A) The community will constantly evolve and change. B) If one species dies, a new species will fulfill the same role. C) They are stable for a long time, with the same species maintaining their population. D) It goes through a major change called "climax" every few hundred years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are stable for a long time, with the same species maintaining their population. 3. What are nonrenewable resources? A) Corn. B) Coal. C) Sugar. D) Canola. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 4. The factor that has the biggest influence on biome classification is: A) Topography. B) Magnetic fields. C) Soil type. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate. 5. What is an example of an herbivore? A) Fox. B) Wolf. C) Deer. D) Hawk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deer. 6. The human population has the reproductive ability to produce unrealistically large populations. How would you describe their growth? A) Logistic growth. B) Exponential growth. C) Declining growth. D) Linear growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exponential growth. 7. The energy at each trophic level in the pryamid of energy decreases by a factor of ..... A) 10. B) 1. C) 100. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 8. Which is an example of an ecosystem? A) Jungle animals. B) Forest plants. C) The tundra. D) Savanna temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tundra. 9. The ability of a population of living species to increase under ideal environmental conditions. A) Carrying Capacity. B) Biotic Potential. C) Biodiversity. D) Species Richness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biotic Potential. 10. 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) Plants. B) Herbivores. C) Scavengers. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decomposers. 11. 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. 12. Increased industrialization will most likely A) Decreaseavailable habitats. B) Increaseenvironmental carrying capacity. C) Increasethe stability of ecosystems. D) Decreaseglobal warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decreaseavailable habitats. 13. The correct order of ecological organization from the smallest to the largest is ..... A) Organism, community, population, ecosystem, biosphere, biome. B) Biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism. C) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere. D) Population, organism, biosphere, community, ecosystem, biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere. 14. 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. 15. 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) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Predation. D) Competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 16. What is the measurement of population per unit area or unit volume? A) Capacity. B) Population Density. C) Size. D) Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population Density. 17. What does the term carrying capacity describe? A) The maximum number of birth rates for a population. B) The ability of a population to accept new immigrants. C) The ratio of birth rates to death rates in a population. D) The population size that the environment can sustain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The population size that the environment can sustain. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 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