Ecology Quiz Test

Quiz Questions And Answers

_ are comprised of __ which are groups of interbreeding individuals of the same species.

Communities, populations

Populations, herds

Communities, families

Families, populations

If you were to travel from Alaska to Kansas, you would travel through the following biomes:

Tundra, taiga, desert, tropical rainforest

Tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, grasslands

Taiga, grasslands, desert, tropical rainforest

Temperate deciduous forest, grasslands, desert, tropical rainforest

The following process(es) is/are part of the carbon cycle in an ecosystem:

photosynthesis

Communities

In a community, producers are _ which convert light energy to chemical energy in a process called ___.

heterotrophs, photosynthesis

autotrophs, photosynthesis

heterotrophs, respiration

autotrophs, respiration

Heterotrophs make their own food from air, water, and the sun's energy.

True

False

In addition to producers and consumers, healthy communities must have ________, bacteria and fungi which recycle detritus.

autotrophs

decomposers

spontaneous combustion

viruses

Each organism has its own _ or function in a community, and is part of the ____ or web of life.

niche, food chain

location, food chain

specialty, chaos

habitat, niche

In a typical ecological pyramid, cows are good examples of _ consumers because they are _____.

primary, herbivores

secondary, omnivores

tertiary, herbivores

primary, carnivores

Humans are considered to be _____ consumers because we eat carnivores, omnivores, herbivores, and producers.

primary

tertiary

secondary

quaternary

When two organisms live in a close association, and both benefit, the relationship is called _______.

commensalism

symbiosis

parasitism

pathogenesis

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