Ecology Quiz Practice

Earth’s surrounding atmosphere is part of its___.

• Biosphere

• Food Chains

• Population

• Niche

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The organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of that environment form ___.

• An ecosystem

• Competition

• Option 3

• Its limiting factor.

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A drought condition affects an area. Lack of rain is ____ of the area’s organisms.

• A Population

• The community

• The carrying capacity

• A limiting factor

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The largest number of organisms in a species that can live in an ecosystem at one time is its ____.

• Population

• Limiting factors

• Ecosystem

• Carrying capacity

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All populations living together in an ecosystem are called ___.

• Organisms

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Refer to the diagram. Which list includes abiotic factors only?

• C, E, B

• A, C, E

• A, D, C

• C, E, D

Which of these is a biotic factor in a river ecosystem?

• the types of microorganisms that live in the river water

• the speed at which the river water flows toward the ocean

• the amount of soil and other particles carried by the river

• the amount of rain that flows off the land and into the river

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Which of the following is the most complex level of ecological organization?

• A community

• A population

• A Biosphere

• An Ecosystem

Which of the following is the most simple level of ecological organization?

• A community

• An Organism

• A Biosphere

• An Ecosystem

The study of organisms and how they interact with one another and their environment is best described as

• Biology

• Ecology

• Chemistry

• Physics

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