Ecology Quiz Review

What is the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environment?

• Ecology
• Zoology
• Botany
• Geology

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The ____________ is the portion of the Earth which contains all life.

• Ecosystem
• Population
• Community
• Biosphere

Which of the following represents a POPULATION?

• One single alligator.
• A group of alligators. 
• Alligators, fishes, grasses, mushrooms, and bacteria.
• Alligators, fishes, mushrooms, bacteria, rocks, water, soil, and sunlight.

True or False: A biological community consists of only the BIOTIC factors in an area.

• True
• False

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Which of the following make up an ECOSYSTEM?

• A group of snakes.
• Snakes, lizards, and cacti.
• Snakes, lizards, cacti, sand, sunlight, rocks, and temperature (heat).
• Sand, sunlight, rocks, and temperature (heat).

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What are the major categories used to classify biomes?

• Annual precipitation, adaptations and sunlight.
• Sunlight, annual precipitation, and animals.
• Latitude, longitude, annual temperature, and annual precipitation.
• Annual temperature, annual precipitation, plants and animals.

Which terrestrial biome is classified by cool summers, very cold winters, and evergreen plants with waxy needles (pine, spruce, fir, etc)?

• Coniferous Forest (Taiga/Boreal Forest)
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Tropical Rainforest
• Tundra

Which terrestrial biome is characterized by mild summers, cool winters and trees which lose their leaves in order to conserve water?

• Coniferous Forest (Taiga/Boreal Forest)
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Tropical Rainforest
• Tundra

The light blue coloring on the map illustrates the location of the ______________, a terrestrial biome characterized by short and cool summers, harsh and long winters, small shrub plants with little root systems, and a permanently frozen layer of soil known as permafrost.

• Coniferous Forest (Taiga/Boreal Forest)
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Tropical Rainforest
• Tundra

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Which terrestrial biome is characterized by very hot days, cool nights, precipitation less than 25cm per years, and plants with thick and waxy cuticles in order to conserve water?

• Desert
• Tropical Rainforest
• Coniferous Forest (Taiga/Boreal Forest)
• Grassland