Ecology Quiz

What does the word Ecology literally mean?

• The study of plants

• The study of the universe

• The study of home

• The study of animals

What is the largest ecological system that we know?

• The biosphere

• The rainforest

• The desert

• The ocean

What is an example of interdependence in ecology?

• Trees grow in the forest

• The sun shines on the earth

• Fish can eat flies

• Humans cannot survive without plants that produce oxygen

What are abiotic factors?

• Living organisms

• Non-living things

• Only plants

• Only animals

What is an ecosystem?

• A place where only water is

• A collection of only plants

• A collection of only animals

• All organisms and non-living factors in one place

What is a niche?

• The role of the organism within the environment

• A type of habitat

• A group of animals

• A type of plant

What does it mean when an organism is a generalist?

• It only eats meat

• It eats a variety of different foods

• It cannot live in different habitats

• It only eats plants

What is the habitat of an organism?

• His work

• His role in the ecosystem

• Where the organism lives

• The type of food it eats

What happens if bamboo is no longer available to pandas?

• The panda population dies out

• Pandas move to another habitat

• Pandas become generalists

• Pandas start eating meat

What is the order of organizational levels from broadest to smallest?

• Ecosystem, community, population, individual, biosphere

• Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, individual

• Individual, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

• Population, community, ecosystem, individual, biosphere