This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ecology Environment > Studies > Ecology And Environment – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ecology And Environment Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because A) They are not cellular. B) They cannot reproduce on their own. C) They cannot make proteins. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. The number of individuals in a given area is the population's A) Range. B) Density. C) Distribution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Density. 3. A powerful or major influence or effect A) Influential. B) Big Deal. C) Destructive. D) Impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Impact. 4. Which statement about human population growth is LEAST likely to be correct? A) Modern medicine has allowed human populations to extend well past the earth's carrying capacity, as more people survive for longer. B) Technological advances in farming and medicine will allow human populations to continue to grow without natural limits. C) Advances in agriculture have allowed the world's food supply to expand dramatically in the last 100 years. D) Worldwide, the birthrate of humans is higher than the deathrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Technological advances in farming and medicine will allow human populations to continue to grow without natural limits. 5. An organism that makes a home for itself in a new place is called a (an) A) Endangered species. B) New species. C) Strange species. D) Exotic species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exotic species. 6. Why might an introduced animal species overrun native species in an ecosystem? A) . Its population size is smaller than those of native species. B) . It is more energy efficient, so it eats less food. C) It is a predator of the native species. D) It often has no natural enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It often has no natural enemies. 7. Evidence of excessive fertilizer use A) Ecological succession. B) Secondary succession. C) Algal bloom. D) Old field succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Algal bloom. 8. An atmospheric gas that increases when fossil fuels are burned A) Carbon dioxide. B) Water vapor. C) Nitrogen. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 9. In an underdeveloped area, many infants and children die due to waterborne disease and the lack of freshwater. In this case, fresh water would be considered: A) A sustainable resources. B) A population control. C) A limiting factor. D) Carrying capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A limiting factor. 10. A population is ..... A) A group of one species in one area. B) Multiple species that live in one area. C) All of the living and nonliving things in an area. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of one species in one area. 11. This biome generally has 4 seasons. A) Boreal forest (Taiga). B) Arctic tundra. C) Desert. D) Temperate deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperate deciduous forest. 12. Why are Americans warned to avoid drinking the water when visiting developing countries? A) Water in developing countries is discolored. B) Water in developing countries is composed of different elements. C) Water in developing countries may be minimally treated and could cause illness. D) Water in developing countries contains large amounts of chlorine from over treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water in developing countries may be minimally treated and could cause illness. 13. The major cause of acid in rain is industrial activity. This including the burning of ..... A) Burning of coal,. B) Burning of gasoline,. C) Burning of oil. D) All of the above cause acid rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above cause acid rain. 14. Because no one nation owns the earth's atmosphere, there is very little ..... for any one country to keep it clean. A) Money. B) Time. C) Incentive. D) Reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incentive. 15. After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the land. What is the order that plants grow to repopulate the area? A) Lichens $\rightarrow$ Shrubs $\rightarrow$ Grasses $\rightarrow$ Trees. B) Lichens $\rightarrow$ tree $\rightarrow$ shrubs$\rightarrow$Grasses. C) Grasses $\rightarrow$ Lichens $\rightarrow$ Shrubs $\rightarrow$ Trees. D) Lichens $\rightarrow$ Grasses $\rightarrow$ Shrubs $\rightarrow$ Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lichens $\rightarrow$ Grasses $\rightarrow$ Shrubs $\rightarrow$ Trees. 16. Where do you take your plastic bottles? A) Into rubbish bin. B) Recycling bank. C) Buy-back centre. D) Bin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Buy-back centre. 17. Decisions about how to protect Earth's atmosphere are made on a ..... level. A) Local. B) National. C) Global. D) Personal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Global. 18. Organisms that are better adapted to the environment survive to pass traits to their offspring A) Natural Selection. B) Homeostasis. C) Selective Breeding. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Selection. 19. What are two ways to add to a population's growth rate? A) Mortality and Emigration. B) Mortality and Natality. C) Immigration and Emigration. D) Natality and Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natality and Immigration. 20. Precipitation is a MAJOR part of which cycle? A) Both nitrogen and water cycles. B) Carbon cycle. C) Nitrogen cycle. D) Water cycle. 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