Ecology Quiz | Test Your Knowledge of Ecosystems & Nature

Q1. The development of an ecological community in an area that was once inhabited but experienced a catastrophe; soil is present

Q2. disease

Q3. What is the type of variation shown in this chart? Tick one box

Q4. Hookworms enter the human body by burrowing into the skin of the feet. Once in the skin, they enter the bloodstream and travel to the small intestine where they attach to the walls and begin to drink the person’s blood and weaken the victim.

Q5. The plankton that are microscopic and plant like are called

Q6. Which organism is a link between an aquatic food web and a terrestrial food web?

Q7. Plants cannot grow in the ___ because sunlight cannot reach the cold depths.

Q8. In the ecological pyramids above, which type(s) of pyramid provides an example with an inversion?

Q9. What are two letters that represent tertiary consumers in the food web?

Q10. Which is true of adaptations

Q11. What is the smallest level of ecological organization

Q12. What is the carrying capacity of the deer population?

Q13. If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would

Q14. The non-living part of an ecosystem

Q15. population

Q16. How do animals get the nitrogen they need?

Q17. TRUE OR FALSE?Water is a biotic factor

Q18. Most desert animals are small because

Q19. When two species benefit from a relationship, it is considered to be

Q20. one organism kills and eats another

Q21. Eutrophication in lakes results from

Q22. What most likely caused the rabbit population to decrease over the f irst time unit shown in the following graph? Pay close attention to the (y) axis | and what it is telling you.

Q23. Habitat loss from separation of an ecosystem into small pieces of land.

Q24. What is the initial source for global winds and convection in the atmosphere?

Q25. An interaction in which an animal feeds on plants is called

ECology - Part 2

Q1. The development of an ecological community in an area that was once inhabited but experienced a catastrophe; soil is present

Q2. disease

Q3. What is the type of variation shown in this chart? Tick one box

Q4. Hookworms enter the human body by burrowing into the skin of the feet. Once in the skin, they enter the bloodstream and travel to the small intestine where they attach to the walls and begin to drink the person’s blood and weaken the victim.

Q5. The plankton that are microscopic and plant like are called

Q6. Which organism is a link between an aquatic food web and a terrestrial food web?

Q7. Plants cannot grow in the ___ because sunlight cannot reach the cold depths.

Q8. In the ecological pyramids above, which type(s) of pyramid provides an example with an inversion?

Q9. What are two letters that represent tertiary consumers in the food web?

Q10. Which is true of adaptations

Q11. What is the smallest level of ecological organization

Q12. What is the carrying capacity of the deer population?

Q13. If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would

Q14. The non-living part of an ecosystem

Q15. population

Q16. How do animals get the nitrogen they need?

Q17. TRUE OR FALSE?Water is a biotic factor

Q18. Most desert animals are small because

Q19. When two species benefit from a relationship, it is considered to be

Q20. one organism kills and eats another

Q21. Eutrophication in lakes results from

Q22. What most likely caused the rabbit population to decrease over the f irst time unit shown in the following graph? Pay close attention to the (y) axis | and what it is telling you.

Q23. Habitat loss from separation of an ecosystem into small pieces of land.

Q24. What is the initial source for global winds and convection in the atmosphere?

Q25. An interaction in which an animal feeds on plants is called