Ecology Principles Trivia Quiz: How Much You Know?
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- 1.Which relationship is illustrated by a tapeworm living in the intestine of a human?
- A.
Commensalism
- B.
Predator--prey
- C.
Mutualisms
- D.
Parasitism
- 2.
- A.
An herbivore
- B.
A saprophyte
- C.
An autotroph
- D.
An omnivore
- 3.One biotic factors that limits the carrying capacity of any habitat is
- A.
The availability of water
- B.
Level of atmospheric oxygen
- C.
Activity of decomposers
- D.
Amount of soil erosion
- 4.Which is an abiotic factor that would affect the ability of a species of tree to survive in a particular habitat?
- A.
Availability of minerals in the soil
- B.
Type and number of tree parasites
- C.
Climax vegetation of the area
- D.
Type and number of herbivores present
- 5.For a producer to maintain itself, which factor must be present in its environment?
- A.
Carnivores
- B.
Herbivores
- C.
Sunlight
- D.
Parasites
- 6.The removal of nearly all the predators from an ecosystem would most likely result in
- A.
An increase in the number of carnivore species
- B.
A decrease in new predators migrating into the ecosystem
- C.
A decrease in the size of decomposers
- D.
An increase in the number of herbivores
- 7.
- A.
Altered ecosystems regain stability through the evolution of new plant species
- B.
Destroyed environments can recover as a result of the process of ecological succession
- C.
Geographic barriers prevent the migration of animals to island habitats
- D.
Destroyed ecosystems always return to their original state
- 8.Organisms that eat cows obtain less energy from the cows than the cows obtain from the plants they eat because of the cows.
- A.
Pass on most of the energy to their offspring
- B.
Convert solar energy to food
- C.
Store all their energy in milk
- D.
Use energy for their own metabolism
- 9.Two closely related species of birds live in the same tree. Species A feeds on ants and termites, while Species B feeds on caterpillars. The two species coexist successfully because
- A.
Each occupies a different niche
- B.
They interbreed
- C.
They use different methods of reproduction
- D.
They live in different habitats
- 10.
- A.
They act as limiting factors
- B.
They are used as nutrients
- C.
They recycle the residue of dead organisms
- D.
They control the environmental temperature
- 11.Which human activity will most likely have a negative impact on global stability?
- A.
Decreasing water pollution levels
- B.
Increasing recycling programs
- C.
Decreasing habitat destruction
- D.
Increasing world population growth
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