Top Ecosystem Quizzes & Trivia

Nature lovers know this. It’s not just about the birds and the bees. A community of both living and nonliving organisms interacting as a system is called an ecosystem. Can you give an example of an ecosystem? What are the roles being performed in an ecosystem? What processes are involved? How is energy utilized and transformed? What are the major and minor factors that affect an ecosystem? These are just some of the questions we have about the relationships we naturally find in our surroundings. This will be just like a quiz bee. Can you feel the buzz?

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Ecosystem Questions and Answers

What do the arrows represent?

Water evaporating

Photosynthesis

Energy being transfered

offpring

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What animal competes with Hawks for mice?

snakes

foxes

rabbits

both snakes and foxes

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If a farmer put out poison and poisoned all the mice, who might also be poisoned?

rabbit

toads

foxes

spiders

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An energy pyramid is used to show _________.

the layout of organisms in any order seen fit

the amount of energy in the universe

the amount of energy at each trophic level

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The sun is the source of energy on earth.

True

False

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Which number on the diagram below shows the location of the secondary consumers?

3

2

1

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Temperature, light, air, water, soil, and climate are all __________ parts of the environment.

biotic

abiotic

boreal

living

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Choose the phrase that correctly finishes this statement: "A species is..."

a specific part of the abiotic environment

a way of describing all the living parts of an ecosystem

a group of organisms that can successfully mate with each other and reproduce

part of the natural decomposing materials in soil

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Ecology is the study of the

abiotic parts of the environment, such as climate, air, and soil

biotic parts of the environment, such as animals and plants

interactions between organisms

interactions between organisms as well as the interactions between organisms and their environment

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The African grasslands has a warm climate with light rainfall. There are few trees, but enough water to support wild grasses. What kind of animals would be best suited to this type of environment?

frogs

camels

antelopes

polar bears

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What resource would organisms in a rainforest most likely compete for?

oxygen

water

food

sunlight

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Which is common to both temperate forest and rainforest biomes?

plant-eating animals (herbivores)

a thick canopy of leaves overhead

cacti that hold large amounts of water

trees that lose their leaves in the winter

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