Ecology Quiz: Questions On The Living Environment!
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- 1.Nonliving parts of the environment such as soil, water, sunlight.
- A.
Decomposers
- B.
Biotic
- C.
Abiotic
- D.
Scavenger
- 2.An organism that uses light energy to make its own food.
- A.
Consumer
- B.
Parasite
- C.
Host
- D.
Autotroph
- 3.All the living things in an environment such as bacteria, plants, and animals.
- A.
Biotic
- B.
Food Chain
- C.
Limiting factors
- D.
Autotrophs
- 4.
- A.
Ecological Niche
- B.
Habitat
- C.
Population
- D.
Biosphere
- 5.An organism that survives by eating animals.
- A.
Prey
- B.
Producer
- C.
Carnivore
- D.
Autotroph
- 6.
- A.
Carrying capacity
- B.
Limiting Factor
- C.
Ecological Niche
- D.
Ecological Succession
- 7.All the different populations that live and interact in an environment.
- A.
Community
- B.
Population
- C.
Niche
- D.
Biosphere
- 8.
- A.
Predators
- B.
Limiting factors
- C.
Biodiversity
- D.
Competition
- 9.Another name for heterotroph; An organism that obtains its energy from producers.
- A.
Scavenger
- B.
Consumer
- C.
Parasite
- D.
Decomposer
- 10.An organism that consumes dead organisms and organic waste, example – bacteria, fungus
- A.
Decomposer
- B.
Parasite
- C.
Herbivore
- D.
Producer
- 11.The process by which one community is replaced by another; bedrock - lichens - mosses- grasses - trees and shrubs - forest
- A.
Ecological succession
- B.
Habitats
- C.
Energy Pyramid
- D.
Ecological Niche
- 12.Study of how living things interact with one another and the environment.
- A.
Food Web
- B.
Ecosystem
- C.
Ecology
- D.
Ecological Succession
- 13.A diagram that shows how energy moves through the ecosystem (producer, consumers, decomposer)
- A.
Food Web
- B.
Energy Pyramid
- C.
Food Chain
- D.
Ecological Succession
- 14.A straight line representation that identifies specific feeding relationships between prey and predator.
- A.
Food Chain
- B.
Succession
- C.
Food web
- D.
Energy Pyramid
- 15.A representation of interconnected food chains that show more complex feeding relationships between producers, consumers, and decomposers.
- A.
Limiting Factor
- B.
Biodiversity
- C.
Food Web
- D.
Ecology
- 16.The place where an animal or plant lives - fields, oceans, forests, streams, deserts.
- A.
Habitat
- B.
Niche
- C.
Population
- D.
Community
- 17.An organism that eats only plants
- A.
Prey
- B.
Producer
- C.
Autotroph
- D.
Herbivore
- 18.Organisms that cannot make their own food (consumer)
- A.
Heterotroph
- B.
Producer
- C.
Prey
- D.
Abiotic
- 19.Food and or home for a parasite.
- A.
Scavenger
- B.
Decomposer
- C.
Host
- D.
Consumer
- 20.The specific role played by an organism in the ecosystem. If there is more than one species in the same role there is competition and a species will be eliminated.
- A.
Niche
- B.
Heterotroph
- C.
Predator
- D.
Population
- 21.An organism that survives by living and feeding on other organisms, but rarely kill them.
- A.
Parasites
- B.
Scavengers
- C.
Decomposers
- D.
Carnivores
- 22.All the individual of a single species living in an area. Ants in an any hill.
- A.
Host
- B.
Community
- C.
Population
- D.
Limiting Factor
- 23.An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food which limits the growth of a population.
- A.
Predators
- B.
Competition
- C.
Herbivore
- D.
Prey
- 24.An animal that is hunted and killed by other animals
- A.
Producer
- B.
Consumer
- C.
Prey
- D.
Carnivore
- 25.An organism that produces their own food; example green plants
- A.
Consumer
- B.
Heterotroph
- C.
Herbivore
- D.
Producer
- 26.A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms; a vulture.
- A.
Host
- B.
Scavenger
- C.
Parasite
- D.
Autotroph
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