Ecology Quiz Review

Which of the following ecological levels is correctly paired with its description?

• Community - a group of one species living in a given area

• Ecosystem - all of the living and nonliving factors in an environment

• Organism - all of the species living in a given area

• Biosphere - anything that meets all of the characteristics of life

Which answer is a biotic factor?

• rock

• sand

• flower

• water

Which answer is an abiotic factor?

• mouse

• ant

• fox

• wind

What is a population?

• It’s a group of individuals that all belong to the same ecosystem.

• It’s a group of communities that all belong to the same biome.

• It’s a group of populations that all belong to the same species.

• It’s a group of individuals that all belong to the same species.

Communities are made up of ____

• all the organisms of different species in a given area.

• all the populations of different species in a given area.

• all the populations of different communities in a given area.

• all the populations of the same species in a given area.

Each species that has been studied and described by scientists has been given a two-part name, their ______ or scientific name, that uniquely identifies it

• binomial

• bifomial

• bitomial

• bidomial

Different types of ______ ecosystems can be found in prairies, savannas and steppes.

• grassland

• forest

• tundra

• desert

What is Conservation Science?

• an applied scientific discipline aimed to understand human physiology

• an applied scientific discipline aimed to understand human architecture.

• an applied scientific discipline aimed to understand human impacts on nuclear waste and how to design interventions to protect radioactive molecules.

• an applied scientific discipline aimed to understand human impacts on biodiversity and how to design interventions to protect the environment.

Ecology is the study of how organisms interact with one another and with their physical environment.

• True

• False

______ ecosystems can be found in streams, rivers, springs, ponds, lakes, bogs and freshwater swamps.

• marine

• freshwater

• forest

• desert