10th - Ecology and Ecosystems Quiz

What is the study of the interrelationships between living things and their physical environments called?

• Biodiversity

• Ecology

• Biosphere

• Habitat

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What is a large area with a fairly consistent environment that is home to a set of organisms suited to it called?

• Biome

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Niche

Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor of an ecosystem?

• Air

• Water

• Soil

• Plants

What is a group of organisms of the same species interacting in the same area called?

• Community

• Population

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

Why do you think NASA is thinking of sending a probe to Europa to search for life rather than to the moon or Mars, both neighbors of Earth?

• Europa has a more suitable climate for life

• Europa has a higher biodiversity

• Europa has a larger population of organisms

• Europa has a more diverse ecosystem

Why do certain organisms live in certain places?

• Due to their genetic makeup

• Due to their preferred climate

• Due to their niche in the ecosystem

• Due to their population size

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Which of the following is an example of a desert biome?

• Tropical rainforest

• Coniferous forest

• Savanna

• Chaparral

Which of the following is NOT eating grass in our food web?

• Grasshopper

• Mouse

• Frog

• Rabbit

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Some shrimp and crab live and capture food from within the tentacles of giant anemones. 

• Parasitism
• Commensalism
• Mutualism

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A cymothoid isopod lives inside the mouth of a snapper fish. The isopod severs blood vessels in the fish’s tongue, causing the tongue to atrophy and degenerate.The isopod then hooks its pereopods, or legs, to the base of the fish’s tongue,essentially replacing the tongue. The isopod stays there for the rest of its life, feeding on blood, mucus, and stray pieces of food from the fish.

• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Mutualism