Quiz about Ecology Review

Question 1

Ecology is the study of .

Accepted Answer

Interactions among organisms and their environments

Answer

life

Answer

interactions among organisms

Answer

how traits are passed from parents to offspring

Question 2

Which of the following is abiotic?

Accepted Answer

The soil the tree is growing in.

Answer

A tree in a forest.

Answer

Wood from the tree on the forest floor.

Answer

A termite on the tree.

Question 3

What is made up of all the populations in an area?

Accepted Answer

Community

Answer

Habitat

Answer

Niche

Answer

Ecosystem

Question 4

Which of the following is a predator and prey relationship?

Accepted Answer

D. Spider and a fly.

Answer

A. Cow and grass.

Answer

B. Vulture and a dead lion.

Answer

C. Tick and a deer.

Question 5

Tell if the item is an abiotic factor or biotic.....

TREE

Accepted Answer

Biotic

Answer

Abiotic

Question 6

Tell if the item is an abiotic factor or biotic.....

Water

Accepted Answer

Abiotic

Answer

Biotic

Question 7

Tell if the item is an abiotic factor or biotic factor.....

Tree Frog

Accepted Answer

Biotic

Answer

Abiotic

Question 8

Tell if the item is an abiotic factor or biotic.....

Sandy Soil

Accepted Answer

Abiotic

Answer

Biotic

Question 9

Abiotic factors in the environment are all __________.

Accepted Answer

nonliving

Answer

living

Question 10

Lions, birds, snakes and trees are all __________.

Accepted Answer

biotic factors

Answer

abiotic factors

Answer

part of a niche

Answer

in the same food chain

Question 11

Grass --> Grasshopper --> Mockingbird represents __________.

Accepted Answer

food chain

Answer

food pyramid

Answer

food web

Answer

ecosystem

Question 12

Energy in an ecosystem is used for growth or lost as __________

Accepted Answer

heat

Answer

light

Answer

death

Answer

biomass

Question 13

A trophic level represents a _________.

Accepted Answer

feeding level

Answer

consumer

Answer

speeding level

Answer

cooking level

Question 14

An animal that eats plants and meat is a(n) __________.

Accepted Answer

omnivore

Answer

herbivore

Answer

carnivore

Answer

decomposer

Question 15

Which level has the least amount of energy?

Accepted Answer

secondary consumer

Answer

producer

Answer

decomposer

Answer

primary consumer

Question 16

The ecosystem is comprised of both ____ and _____factors.

Accepted Answer

biotic and abiotic

Answer

rain and shine

Answer

earth and environment

Question 17

What is the source of energy that flows through most of the food chains on Earth?

Accepted Answer

the sun

Answer

plants

Answer

temperature

Answer

wind

Question 18

Snakes eat other animals for food. Snakes are considered __________.

Accepted Answer

Carnivores

Answer

Autotrophs

Answer

Prey

Answer

Herbivores

Question 19

Which of the following are producers?

Accepted Answer

Crab grass

Answer

Muscrats

Answer

June bugs

Answer

Mice

Question 20

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Answer

Climate

Answer

Precipitation

Answer

Wind patterns

Question 21

What is the ultimate source of energy in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

The sun

Answer

Producers

Answer

Glucose

Answer

Decomposers

Question 22

What belongs at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

Accepted Answer

Producer

Answer

Predator

Answer

Consumer

Answer

Decomposer

Question 23

____________ is a characteristic that improves an organisms ability to survive in an environment.

Accepted Answer

Adaptation

Answer

Habitat

Answer

Biodiversity

Answer

Natural Selection

Question 24

Which of the following would you NOT find at the top of an energy pyramid?

Accepted Answer

rabbit

Answer

shark

Answer

hawk

Answer

wolf

Question 25

Plants are producers and make their own food by...

Accepted Answer

photosynthesis

Answer

eating other organisms

Answer

cellular respiration

Answer

breaking down decaying matter

Question 26

An individual belonging to a specific species

Accepted Answer

Organism

Answer

Biotic

Answer

Community

Answer

Reptile

Question 27

All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

Accepted Answer

ecosystem

Answer

community

Answer

habitat

Answer

population

Question 28

An area where an organism finds food, shelter and water in a specific arrangement

Accepted Answer

habitat

Answer

niche

Answer

biosphere

Answer

biome

Question 29

The living part of an ecosystem

Accepted Answer

Biotic

Answer

Abiotic

Answer

Mother Earth

Answer

Flowers

Question 30

The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

Accepted Answer

Ecology

Answer

Biology

Answer

Lithology

Answer

Farmacology

Question 31

Two or more members of a particular species living and interacting in the same area

Accepted Answer

Population

Answer

Community

Answer

Organisms

Answer

Biosphere

Question 32

Different populations living and interacting with each other in the same area

Accepted Answer

Community

Answer

Biome

Answer

Ecosystem

Answer

Niche

Question 33

The image provided is an example of a(n):

Accepted Answer

Carnivore

Answer

Herbivore

Answer

Producer

Answer

Autotroph

Question 34

The image provided is an example of a(n):

Accepted Answer

Consumer

Answer

Producer

Answer

Autotroph

Answer

Insect

Question 35

The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

Accepted Answer

10%

Answer

20%

Answer

80%

Answer

50%

Question 36

An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

Accepted Answer

Food web

Answer

Food chain

Answer

Energy Pyramid

Answer

Succession Map

Question 37

Water temperature would be an example of ...

Accepted Answer

An abiotic factor

Answer

A biotic factor

Question 38

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

Accepted Answer

Producers

Answer

Carnivores

Answer

Herbivores

Answer

Top Predator

Question 39

A deer caught and eaten by a panther is an example of which type of relationship

Accepted Answer

predator-prey

Answer

parasitism

Answer

competition

Answer

biology

Question 40

Which shows a correct transfer of energy?

Accepted Answer

sun - grass - rabbit - snake - hawk

Answer

grass - sun - rabbit - snake - soil

Answer

water - rabbit - flower - hawk - ants

Answer

worm - rabbit - snake - hawk - clouds

Question 41

What best describes a food web?

Accepted Answer

A combination of food chains.

Answer

A less complex food chain.

Answer

A more complex food chain that shows how orgainsm digest food.

Answer

A single food chain.

Question 42

Which BEST explains what would happen if decomposers disappeared in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

the ecosystem would be overrun with dead matter.

Answer

everything would stop functioning immediately.

Answer

everything would function normally.

Answer

the ecosystem would become cleaner

Question 43

What is the ecological role of the krill in this food chain?

Accepted Answer

Primary Consumer

Answer

Tertiary Consumer

Answer

Producer

Answer

Secondary Consumer

Question 44

How much energy is passed on to the next trophic level?

Accepted Answer

10%

Answer

100%

Answer

1%

Answer

0%

Question 45

What is maximum number of organisms that can live in one population in an ecosystem over time?

Accepted Answer

Carrying Capacity

Answer

Limiting factor

Answer

Ecological Succession

Answer

10% Rule

Question 46

What starts every food chain or food web?

Accepted Answer

Producers

Answer

Primary Consumers

Answer

Secondary Consumers

Answer

The Sun

Question 47

An ___________ is living communities interacting with their nonliving environment.

Accepted Answer

ecosystem

Answer

Population

Answer

organism

Answer

community

Question 48

__________ is the study of the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment.

Accepted Answer

Ecology

Answer

Psychology

Answer

Genetics

Answer

Herpetology

Question 49

In this food chain, what is the producer?

Accepted Answer

tree

Answer

bird

Answer

aphid

Answer

lady bug

Question 50

In this food chain, what is the primary consumer?

Accepted Answer

aphid

Answer

tree

Answer

lady bug

Answer

bird

Question 51

Which of the following would be a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

frogs

Answer

rocks

Answer

air

Answer

temperature

Question 52

Anything that helps an animal survive in its environment.

Accepted Answer

adaptation

Answer

counter-shading

Answer

mimicry

Answer

camouflage

Question 53

_______________ is when an animal blends into its environment.

Accepted Answer

camouflage

Answer

mimicry

Answer

warning coloration

Question 54

When an animal looks like another animal it is called ______________.

Accepted Answer

mimicry

Answer

camouflage

Answer

warning coloration

Answer

protective resemblance

Question 55

A Viceroy butterfly looking like a bright colored poisonous Monarch butterfly is an example of __________.

Accepted Answer

mimicry

Answer

camouflage

Answer

warning coloration

Answer

protective resemblance

Question 56

Which of these adaptations help an animals to survive?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Answer

warning coloration

Answer

protective resemblance

Answer

mimicry

Question 57

How does an outer body covering help an animal survive?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Answer

protects internal organs

Answer

regulates temperature

Answer

is sensitive to pain

Question 58

A resting state through the winter.
Adaptation: Bear sleeping in a cave during the winter months

Accepted Answer

Hibernation

Answer

Locomotion

Answer

Migration

Answer

Defense

Question 59

Traveling done by an animal to find food and water.
Adaption: birds flying south for the winter

Accepted Answer

Migration

Answer

Camouflage

Answer

Hibernation

Answer

Locomotion

Question 60

Color or pattern that helps an animal blend in with its habitat
Adaptation: polar bears in the Artic

Accepted Answer

Camouflage

Answer

Hibernation

Answer

Locomotion

Answer

Migration

Question 61

An exotic species is

Accepted Answer

a species that is not native to a particular region

Answer

a newly discovered species in a particular region

Answer

a genetically modified species in a particular region

Answer

a species that is native to a particular region

Question 62

a species that is not native to a particular region and has no natural predators and little competition

Accepted Answer

invasive species

Answer

consumer species

Answer

producer species

Answer

adapted species

Question 63

A common way to measure biodiversity is to count the total number of ____________ living within a particular area.

Accepted Answer

Species

Answer

Animals

Answer

Plants

Answer

Cute Puppies

Question 64

Maintaining ________ is important to keep an ecosystem healthy.

Accepted Answer

biodiversity

Answer

pollutants

Answer

sunlight

Answer

interactions

Ecology Review

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Science