Ecology Quiz | Test Your Knowledge of Ecosystems & Nature

Q1. Eutrophication in lakes results from

Q2. The plankton that are microscopic and plant like are called

Q3. The development of an ecological community in an area that was once inhabited but experienced a catastrophe; soil is present

Q4. 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.

Q5. When two species benefit from a relationship, it is considered to be

Q6. one organism kills and eats another

Q7. Which is true of adaptations

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

Q9. 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.

Q10. The non-living part of an ecosystem

Q11. How do animals get the nitrogen they need?

Q12. Which organism is a link between an aquatic food web and a terrestrial food web?

Q13. What is the type of variation shown in this chart? Tick one box

Q14. TRUE OR FALSE?Water is a biotic factor

Q15. What is the smallest level of ecological organization

Q16. Plants cannot grow in the ___ because sunlight cannot reach the cold depths.

Q17. disease

Q18. Habitat loss from separation of an ecosystem into small pieces of land.

Q19. An interaction in which an animal feeds on plants is called

Q20. If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would

Q21. What is the carrying capacity of the deer population?

Q22. Most desert animals are small because

Q23. population

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

Q25. What are two letters that represent tertiary consumers in the food web?

ECology - Part 2

Q1. Eutrophication in lakes results from

Q2. The plankton that are microscopic and plant like are called

Q3. The development of an ecological community in an area that was once inhabited but experienced a catastrophe; soil is present

Q4. 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.

Q5. When two species benefit from a relationship, it is considered to be

Q6. one organism kills and eats another

Q7. Which is true of adaptations

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

Q9. 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.

Q10. The non-living part of an ecosystem

Q11. How do animals get the nitrogen they need?

Q12. Which organism is a link between an aquatic food web and a terrestrial food web?

Q13. What is the type of variation shown in this chart? Tick one box

Q14. TRUE OR FALSE?Water is a biotic factor

Q15. What is the smallest level of ecological organization

Q16. Plants cannot grow in the ___ because sunlight cannot reach the cold depths.

Q17. disease

Q18. Habitat loss from separation of an ecosystem into small pieces of land.

Q19. An interaction in which an animal feeds on plants is called

Q20. If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would

Q21. What is the carrying capacity of the deer population?

Q22. Most desert animals are small because

Q23. population

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

Q25. What are two letters that represent tertiary consumers in the food web?