Ecology and Environmental Science Quiz

What is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time called?

• Biogeography

• Geology

• Ecology

• Meteorology

What term describes a species that is native and restricted to a certain place?

• Exotic

• Endemic

• Migratory

• Invasive

What is the term for a symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit?

• Amensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

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

• Amensalism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

What is the term for an organism that lives on or in another organism, causing it harm?

• Consumer

• Producer

• Parasite

• Symbiont

What do you call an organism living in symbiosis with another?

• Parasite

• Predator

• Prey

• Symbiont

Which relationship involves one organism being destroyed while the other is unaffected?

• Parasitism

• Amensalism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

What term describes the individual feeding requirements for organisms to survive?

• Trophic levels

• Feeding interdependencies

• Nutritional needs

• Dietary habits

What is an organism that eats dead or decaying plants or animals called?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Detritivore

• Omnivore

What is the position an organism has in a food chain called?

• Ecosystem

• Trophic level

• Habitat

• Niche