Ecology Quiz

What is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem?

• Any living organism in the ecosystem

• The maximum number of individuals a habitat can support

• Something in the ecosystem that is non-living

• Contest among organisms for limited resources

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Which term describes the maximum number of individuals of a population that a habitat can support?

• Competition

• Carrying capacity

• Limiting factor

• Resource

What is the study of the interactions between living and nonliving things called?

• Ecology

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Population

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Which term refers to the interactions of living things with each other and with their nonliving environment in a given area?

• Ecology

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Resource

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What is an example of a mutualistic relationship?

• Hawk hunting mice

• Tapeworm in a human

• pilot fish around a shark

• pollinators and flowers

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In which type of ecological relationship does one organism benefit while the other is neither helped nor harmed?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Predator/prey

Which of the following is an example of parasitism?

• Hawk hunting mice

• Barnacles on a whale

• Orchid growing on a tree

• Tapeworm in a human

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What is a producer in a food web?

• An organism that eats other organisms

• An organism that recycles nutrients

• An organism that can make its own food by photosynthesis

• An organism that breaks down dead organisms

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Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

• Plants

• Animals

• Bacteria

• Grasshoppers

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What is a food chain?

• A complex network of feeding relationships

• A single pathway of food and energy in an ecosystem

• An organism that eats other organisms

• An organism that can make its own food