Quiz: Basic Principles Of Ecology!
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- 1.It is the study of how organisms live and how they interact with their environment.
- A.
Biology
- B.
Botany
- C.
Zoology
- D.
Ecology
- 2.It is the study of the ecology of a single species.
- A.
Autecology
- B.
Oncology
- C.
Symbiology
- D.
Synecology
- 3.It is the study of the ecology of whole communities of organisms.
- A.
Autecology
- B.
Oncology
- C.
Symbiology
- D.
Synecology
- 4.The group interacting and interbreeding organism of the same species
- A.
Community
- B.
Organism
- C.
Population
- D.
Ecosystem
- 5.This is composed of different populations living together interacting as competitors, predatorand prey, or symbiotically.
- A.
Community
- B.
Organism
- C.
Biome
- D.
Ecosystem
- 6.The thin film on the surface of the earth in which all life exists is called
- A.
Geosphere
- B.
Biosphere
- C.
Hydrosphere
- D.
Atmosphere
- 7.This area, composed of a community and the physical environment it occupies is called
- A.
Ecosystem
- B.
Biome
- C.
Biosphere
- D.
Town
- 8.Which of these sources of water is sediment rich
- A.
Drainage water
- B.
River water
- C.
Saltwater
- D.
Rainfall
- 9.These autotrophs are bacteria that obtain energy by oxidizing inorganic compounds such asammonia, nitrites, and sulfides, and they use this energy to synthesize carbohydrates.
- A.
Enzymes
- B.
Photoautotrophs
- C.
Coliform
- D.
Chemautotrophs
- 10.These autotrophs are photosynthesizers such as algae and green plants that produce most ofthe organic nutrients for the biosphere.
- A.
Enzymes
- B.
Photoautotrophs
- C.
Coliform
- D.
Chemautotrophs
- 11.They produce their own organic nutrients for themselves and other members of the community.
- A.
Autotrophs
- B.
Detritivores
- C.
Decomposers
- D.
Heterotrophs
- 12.Which is not an abiotic component of the environment?
- A.
Gases
- B.
Bacteria
- C.
Light
- D.
Soil
- 13.These are organisms that rely on detritus, the decomposing particles of organic matter, for food.
- A.
Autotrophs
- B.
Detritivores
- C.
Decomposers
- D.
Heterotrophs
- 14.They are unable to produce food, are constantly looking for source of organic nutrients fromelsewhere.
- A.
Autotrophs
- B.
Detritivores
- C.
Decomposers
- D.
Heterotrophs
- 15.The living organisms are the____________components of an ecosystem.
- A.
Biotic
- B.
Abiotic
- C.
Chemical
- D.
Social
- 16.These are animals that feed both on plants and animals.
- A.
Herbivores
- B.
Omnivores
- C.
Detritivores
- D.
Detritivores
- 17.They feed on other animals.
- A.
Herbivores
- B.
Omnivores
- C.
Omnivores
- D.
Carnivores
- 18.They are animals that graze directly on plants or algae.
- A.
Herbivores
- B.
Omnivores
- C.
Detritivores
- D.
Carnivores
- 19.They perform a very valuable service by releasing inorganic substances that are taken up byplants once more.
- A.
Herbivores
- B.
Omnivores
- C.
Decomposers
- D.
Carnivores
- 20.Earthworms and some beetles, termites, and maggots are all terrestrial .
- A.
Herbivores
- B.
Omnivores
- C.
Detritivores
- D.
Carnivores
- 21.These ecosystems obtain their water from rivers and are often extremely seasonal
- A.
Floodland
- B.
Bog
- C.
Marine wetland
- D.
Swamp and marsh
- 22.These are coastlines in the tropical and subtropical regions fringed with a strip of swamplandwhich is inundated every high tide with marine and brackish waters
- A.
Floodland
- B.
Bog
- C.
Marine wetland
- D.
Swamp and marsh
- 23.These ecosystems are found in areas of impeded drainage, where water runs off thesurrounding land and collects, or where groundwater lies close to the surface
- A.
Floodland
- B.
Bog
- C.
Marine wetland
- D.
Swamp and marsh
- 24.These ecosystems receive water only from rainfall, not from streams, rivers or groundwater.
- A.
Floodland
- B.
Bog
- C.
Marine wetland
- D.
Swamp and marsh
- 25.Lakes that are nutrient poor are describes as
- A.
Heterotrophic
- B.
Eutrophic
- C.
Oligotrophic
- D.
Autotrophic
- 26.It is the ultimate source of energy for every ecosystem.
- A.
Coal
- B.
Wind
- C.
Water
- D.
Sun
- 27.It is the term used to describe the amount of organic matter an ecosystem produces from solar energy within a given area during a given period of time.
- A.
Primary consumers
- B.
Biomass
- C.
Primary productivity
- D.
Secondary productivity
- 28.It is the total amount of organic matter produced by all autotrophs in an ecosystem, includingthat used by themselves.
- A.
Biomass
- B.
Net primary productivity
- C.
Gross primary productivity
- D.
Primary productivity
- 29.It is defined as the total amount of energy fixed per unit of time minus the amount of energyexpended by the metabolic activities of the photosynthetic organisms in the community.
- A.
Biomass
- B.
Net primary productivity
- C.
Gross primary productivity
- D.
Primary productivity
- 30.It is the net weight of all organisms living in an ecosystem, which, increases as a result of its net production.
- A.
Biomass
- B.
Net primary productivity
- C.
Gross primary productivity
- D.
Primary productivity
- 31.It is defined as the rate of biomass accumulation by heterotrophs.
- A.
Biomass
- B.
Secondary productivity
- C.
Tertiary productivity
- D.
Primary productivity
- 32.These refer to the complicated feeding relationships that exist among organisms in naturalecosystem.
- A.
Food chains
- B.
Food webs
- C.
Niche
- D.
Trophic level
- 33.These are selected single-lane food relationships in a series among organisms
- A.
Food chains
- B.
Food webs
- C.
Trophic level
- D.
Niche
- 34.
- A.
Producers
- B.
Predators
- C.
Decomposers
- D.
Consumers
- 35.They are those able to synthesize food for themselves.
- A.
Producers
- B.
Predators
- C.
Decomposers
- D.
Consumers
- 36.A consists of all the organisms that feed at a particular level in a food chain.
- A.
Niche
- B.
Trophic level
- C.
Food pyramid
- D.
Habitat
- 37.Secondary consumers belong to
- A.
Fourth trophic level
- B.
Third trophic level
- C.
Second trophic level
- D.
First trophic level
- 38.
- A.
Fourth trophic level
- B.
Third trophic level
- C.
Second trophic level
- D.
First trophic level
- 39.Primary producers belong to
- A.
Fourth trophic level
- B.
Third trophic level
- C.
Second trophic level
- D.
First trophic level
- 40.It is a process by which radiative energy leaving a planetary surface is absorbed by someatmospheric gases.
- A.
Nutrient Cycle
- B.
Phosphorous Cycle
- C.
Carbon Cycle
- D.
Greenhouse Effect
- 41.Which of these does not belong to the Greenhouse gases
- A.
Water vapor
- B.
Carbon dioxide
- C.
Methane
- D.
Oxygen
- 42.All ecological space that shares the same species, climate, animals, and plants is called
- A.
Environment
- B.
Biome
- C.
Habitat
- D.
Niche
- 43.In this biome the aggravating factor is the water: the precipitations do not arrive at 15 inchesper year, whereas the annual average temperature is of 86 F.
- A.
Desert
- B.
Savanna
- C.
Steppe
- D.
Tropical rainforest
- 44.With their multiple variety of vegetal species and animals, these are the most productive biomes of the Earth and those of greatest biodiversity.
- A.
Deserts
- B.
Temperate grasslands
- C.
Steppes
- D.
Tropical rainforests
- 45.It is a description of where an organism is found
- A.
Environment
- B.
Biome
- C.
Habitat
- D.
Niche
- 46.It is a complete description of how organism relates to its physical and biological environment
- A.
Environment
- B.
Biome
- C.
Habitat
- D.
Niche
- 47.It was considered as a subset of the general evolutionary relationships between species incommunities
- A.
Symbiosis
- B.
Mutualism
- C.
Co-evolution
- D.
Antagonistic Co-evolution
- 48.It is used to describe any close relationship between two species
- A.
Symbiosis
- B.
Mutualism
- C.
Co-evolution
- D.
Antagonistic Co-evolution
- 49.It is used to describe the relationship if both species benefit from each other.
- A.
Symbiosis
- B.
Mutualism
- C.
Co-evolution
- D.
Antagonistic Co-evolution
- 50.It refers to the relationship usually produce an arms race of chemical and mechanical attack and defense mechanism
- A.
Symbiosis
- B.
Mutualism
- C.
Co-evolution
- D.
Antagonistic Co-evolution
- 51.It occurs when substances are released into the environment in harmful amounts as a directresult of human activity.
- A.
Eutrophication
- B.
Biomagnification
- C.
Bioaccumulation
- D.
Pollution
- 52.It refers to the release large amounts of phosphate and nitrate or organic matter into the waterresulting in a lowering of oxygen levels and change in the fauna of the water
- A.
Eutrophication
- B.
Biomagnification
- C.
Bioaccumulation
- D.
Pollution
- 53.It refers to the process whereby certain substances such as pesticides or heavy metals move up the food chain
- A.
Eutrophication
- B.
Biomagn ification
- C.
Bioaccumulation
- D.
Pollution
- 54.These are substances that increase in concentration in living organisms as they take incontaminated air, water, or food because the substances are very slowly metabolized orexcreted
- A.
Bioaccumulants
- B.
Pollutants
- C.
Poison
- D.
Nutrients
- 55.It occurs within a trophic level, and is the increase in concentration of a substance in certaintissues of organisms' bodies due to absorption from food and the environment.
- A.
Bioremediation
- B.
Bioconcentration
- C.
Bioindicator
- D.
Bioaccumulation
- 56.It is defined as occurring when uptake from the water is greater than excretion
- A.
Bioremediation
- B.
Bioconcentration
- C.
Bioindicator
- D.
Bioaccumulation
- 57.It can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms, fungi, green plants or their enzymes to return the natural environment altered by contaminants to its original condition
- A.
Bioremediation
- B.
Bioconcentration
- C.
Bioindicator
- D.
Bioaccumulation
- 58.It refers to an organism or biological response that reveals the presence of the pollutants by the occurrence of typical symptoms or measurable responses, and is therefore more qualitative.
- A.
Bioremediation
- B.
Bioconcentration
- C.
Bioindicator
- D.
Bioaccumulation
- 59.It measures how much land and water area a human population requires to produce theresource it consumes and to absorb its wastes, using prevailing technology and also called"appropriated carrying capacity".
- A.
Biodiversity
- B.
Ecological Footprint
- C.
Conservation
- D.
Sustainable Development
- 60.Fter the 1992 Rio Summit, it became a buzzword for measuring the health of the planet. Andfor referring to number of species found there
- A.
Biodiversity
- B.
Ecological Footprint
- C.
Conservation
- D.
Sustainable Development
- 61.It refers to the management of the earth's resources in a way which aims to restore and maintain the balance between human requirements and the other species of the world.
- A.
Biodiversity
- B.
Ecological Footprint
- C.
Conservation
- D.
Sustainable Development
- 62.It refers to meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs
- A.
Biodiversity
- B.
Ecological Footprint
- C.
Conservation
- D.
Sustainable Development
- 63.It is the national agenda for sustainable development. It outlines the integrating strategies forthe country's overall sustainable development and identifies the intervention areas from thenational to the regional level.
- A.
PA 20
- B.
PA 21
- C.
SD 21
- D.
SD 20
- 64.The country where industrial district at Kalundborg, often labeled as an "industrial ecosystem"or "industrial symbiosis" is situated
- A.
US
- B.
Denmark
- C.
Germany
- D.
Philippines
- 65.The Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System was formally established in 1978 by virtue of _________
- A.
PD No. 1586
- B.
RA No. 1586
- C.
RA No. 6465
- D.
PD No. 857
- 66.It is a "process that involves predicting and evaluating the likely impacts of a project on theenvironment during construction, commissioning, operation and abandonment.
- A.
ECP
- B.
ECC
- C.
EIA
- D.
ECA
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