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Ecology Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does a Primary Consumer eat?
a)
Tertiary Consumers
b)
Secondary Consumers
c)
Producers
2.
If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?
a)
The squirrel
b)
The shrew
c)
The deer
d)
The rabbit
3.
Which level has the most energy available?
a)
producer
b)
primary consumer
c)
secondary consumer
d)
tertiary consumer
4.
What is Ecology?
a)
The study of Earth's Mantle
b)
The study of relationships between living things and their environment
c)
The study of humans and their impact on Earth
d)
The study of plants
5.
Identify an a example of an Abiotic Factor?
a)
Panda
b)
Turtle
c)
Butterfly
d)
Sunlight
6.
This is the part of the Earth that supports life
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Geosphere
7.
What is climate?
a)
What's happening in space at a time and place.
b)
What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
c)
The average weather over many years
d)
The average temperature over many years.
8.
Which of the following are greenhouse gases?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Methane
c)
Water vapor
d)
All answers are correct
9.

A non human cause of climate change is by which of the following:

a)

volcanic activity

b)

forest fires

c)

precipitation

d)

earth quake

10.

A semi-enclosed area where fresh water from a river meets salty water from the sea.

a)

Watershed

b)

Groundwater

c)

Estuary

d)

Ocean

11.

Red tide is caused by the abundance of:

a)

red algae

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

sunlight

d)

climate change

12.

Red tide occurs when

a)

car releasing pollution

b)

algae is fed by fertilizer

c)

climate change

d)

humans swimming in the ocean

13.
What is the definition of Ecological Footprint?
a)
The impact of a person on their neighbors 
b)
The impact of a person on the environment 
c)
The impact of the oceans towards erosion 
d)
How much pollution an animal produces 
14.

What can you do to decrease your ecological footprint? (Multiple answer)

a)

eat more meat

b)

drive less

c)

take shorter showers

d)

recycle

15.

Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change?

a)

The ice sheets are declining, glaciers are in retreat globally, and our oceans are more acidic than ever

b)

Surface temperatures are setting new heat records about each year

c)

More extreme weather like droughts, heat waves, and hurricanes

d)

Global sea levels are rising at an alarmingly fast rate — 17 centimeters in the last century alone and going higher.

e)

All of the above