Basics to Ecology

Basics to Ecology

Multiple Choice

According to the image, what is the secondary consumer?

• plant

• insect

• mouse

• snake

Multiple Choice

According to the image, what is the primary consumer in the food chain?

• plant

• insect

• mouse

• snake

Multiple Choice

An organism that obtains energy from eating meats

• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Animals 

Multiple Choice

An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.

• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Humans 

Multiple Choice

How might a lack of sunlight disrupt the food web?

• It would cause consumers to consume less.

• It would prevent decomposers from decomposing matter.

• It would prevent producers from producing nutrients

• It would not disrupt the food web at all.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a producer?

Multiple Choice

Through what process do producers make their own food?

• Parthenogenesis

• Photosynthesis

• Meiosis

• Mitosis

Multiple Choice

How might a lack of sunlight disrupt the food web?

• It would cause consumers to consume less.

• It would prevent decomposers from decomposing matter.

• It would prevent producers from producing nutrients

• It would not disrupt the food web at all.

Multiple Choice

Two different species living in the same area with a similar role can lead to

• a species

• an abiotic component

• competition

Multiple Choice

What does biotic mean?

• Living
• Non living
• Man made

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor?

• rocks

• air

• water

• grass

Multiple Choice

An ecosystem contains

• biotic components only

• abiotic components only

• both biotic and abiotic components

• neither biotic and abiotic components

Multiple Choice

The smallest level of biological organization

• species

• ecosystem

• biosphere

• community

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The smallest level of ecological classification

• population

• biome

• ecosystem

• organism

Multiple Choice

The rabbits and squirrels in an area are a part of the same

• population 
• community

Multiple Choice

Groups of rabbits that live in the same area make up a

• species
• population

Multiple Choice

The physical place where an organism lives is known as its

• niche

• habitat

• community

• biome

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

• leaves
• soil
• grass
• animals

Multiple Choice

The living or once living organisms in an ecosystem

• Biology

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Ecology

Multiple Choice

A group of very similar organisms that can mate and reproduce offspring of the same type

• Community

• Population

• Species

• Niche

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The non-living parts of the environment such as rocks, air, temperature, sunlight, and water

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Habitat

• Community

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All the organisms of the same species living in the same area

• Community

• Population

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

The role an organism plays in its environment is known as its

• ecosystem

• habitat

• niche

• biosphere

Multiple Choice

The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment is:

• Ecology

• Microbiology

• Biology

• Evolution

Multiple Choice

The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment is:

• Ecology

• Microbiology

• Biology

• Evolution