This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 33 (20 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) Watershed. B) Desalination. C) Groundwater. D) Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Well. 2. Which is a factor that does not increase biodiversity? A) Diverse habitat. B) Survival. C) Nutrients. D) Environmental stress. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental stress. 3. Energy ..... through an ecosystem while matter ..... A) Flows, cycles. B) Cycles, flows. C) Cycles, recycles. D) Flows, disappears. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flows, cycles. 4. We are protected from the sun's UV rays by the ..... A) Atmosphere. B) Ozone layer. C) UV barrier. D) Ezone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ozone layer. 5. Which term refers to the place where an organism obtains everything they need to survive? A) Biosphere. B) Habitat. C) Niche. D) Ecology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Use something less. B) Use something again. C) Use something twice. D) Stop using something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use something again. 7. Examples of a producer A) Frog. B) Algae. C) Worm. D) Mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Algae. 8. The non-living part such as temperature, water, and sun are ..... parts of an ecosystem. A) Biotic. B) Population. C) Abiotic. D) Organism. 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. Define ecology A) The study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields. B) The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. C) A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. 11. Biology is the study of A) Life. B) Science. C) Matter. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. Organisms that make their own food is a A) Consumer. B) Producer. C) Decomposer. D) Predator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Producer. 15. Ways to conserve resources include reducing, recycling, and A) Renaming. B) Rebuilding. C) Reusing. D) Rethinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reusing. 16. Global warming has been linked to a decrease in A) Thesize of the polar ice caps. B) Thetemperature of Earth. C) Therate of species extinction. D) Therate of carbon dioxide production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thesize of the polar ice caps. 17. Which human activity most directly causes a significant increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? A) Growing corn for food. B) Not using products containing plastics. C) Driving cars long distances. D) Planting large numbers of trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Driving cars long distances. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. What Biome is very dry; receives very little rainfall? A) Tropical Rain Forest. B) Desert. C) Tundra. D) Tropical Savanna. 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