This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Forest Ecology > Ecosystems > Forest Ecology And Ecosystems – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Forest Ecology And Ecosystems Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When humans breathe, what do we release back into the air that is a waste matter for humans? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Carbon monoxide. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 2. Primary succession would take place on all of the following except A) The slopes of a newly formed volcanic island. B) A forest in northwest Oregon after it had been logged. C) A receding glacier. D) A drying lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A forest in northwest Oregon after it had been logged. 3. What does the word organism mean? A) Environments. B) Waste matter. C) Categories. D) Living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living things. 4. Which consumer would you most likely find in a deciduous forest? A) Toucan. B) Deer. C) Panther. D) Duck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deer. 5. Read the following sentence: "Consumers are the living beings who need to eat other organisms to survive." What does the word organisms mean? A) Environments. B) Waste matter. C) Categories. D) Living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living things. 6. An ..... is when several kinds of organisms interact with each other in one particular area. A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Ecosystem. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 7. The process of change in the living parts of the ecosystem A) Ecological succession. B) Primary succession. C) Climax community. D) Pioneer species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecological succession. 8. Which is a difference between a tropical rainforest and a deciduous forest? A) A tropical rainforest is smaller in size than a deciduous forest. B) A tropical rainforest recieves more sunlight than a deciduous forest. C) A tropical rainforest recieves more annual precipitation than a deciduous forest. D) A tropical rainforest has more lakes and ponds than a deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tropical rainforest recieves more annual precipitation than a deciduous forest. 9. What is another name for a heterotroph? A) Producer. B) Consumer. C) Autotroph. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumer. 10. A scientist took a picture of a deer, a black bear, and a squirrel in the wild. In which ecosystem did the scientist most likely take pictures? A) Estaury. B) Tundra. C) Forest. D) Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forest. 11. ..... are living beings that need to eat other organisms to survive. A) Prducers. B) Consumers. C) Decomposers. D) Autotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumers. 12. In which biome can you find permafrost? A) Taiga. B) Tundra. C) Desert. D) Chaparral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tundra. 13. Which terrestrial ecosystem has warm, humid conditions and a large variety of animals and plants? A) Taiga (Coniferous Forest). B) Deciduous Forest. C) Rainforest. D) Estaury. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rainforest. 14. The second law of thermodynamics would tend to support A) People eating more meat than grain. B) People eating more grain than meat. C) People eating the same amount of grain as meat. D) People being under nourished. E) People eating a balanced diet from all food groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People eating more grain than meat. 15. All the following are advantages of clear-cutting EXCEPT A) High profits in the short-term. B) Increased water pollution. C) High timber yields. D) Can reforest with fast-growing trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased water pollution. 16. This fire burns undergrowth and leaf litter. It kills seedling and small trees. It can protect the forest from pathogens. A) Crown. B) Ground. C) Surface. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surface. 17. Which of the following type of tree harvesting is the most detrimental to the environment? A) Strip Cutting. B) Selective Cutting. C) Clear Cutting. D) Partial Harvest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clear Cutting. 18. Based on the information in the passage, what do all ecosystems have in common? A) All ecosystems are home to living beings that interact with each other. B) All ecosystems are home to trees, deer, humans, rodents, wolves, hawks, and bacteria. C) All ecosystems have an equal number of consumers, decomposers, and producers. D) All ecosystems have a few consumers that do not interact with decomposers and producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All ecosystems are home to living beings that interact with each other. 19. Bacteria obtain energy from a deer's body, while helping it ..... efficiently. A) Interact. B) Produce. C) Consume. D) Decompose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decompose. 20. A management system that includes fire suppression will likely lead toI. Large quantities of biomass accumulating on the forest floor.II. An increase in the likelihood of uncontrolled natural fires.III. Increase in fire-dependent species. A) I only. B) I and II. C) I and III. D) II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I and II. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesForest Ecology QuizzesForest Ecology And Ecosystems Quiz 1Forest Ecology And Ecosystems Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books