Ecology Quiz

How do animal interactions affect each other and their environment?

• By altering habitats and food chains

• No effect

• Only negatively affects the environment

• Only positively affects the environment

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What determines how many species live in a given place?

• Climate and habitat diversity

• The color of the area

• The name of the place

• Population density of nearby cities

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What determines how large each population can grow?

• Available resources and environmental conditions

• The size of the area they occupy

• The color of the population members

• The speed at which population members can move

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Define POPULATION:

• The total number of people in a specific area

• A group of similar items collected together

• The process of increasing the number of entities in a given space

• A statistical term that means all the entities that are being studied

Define COMMUNITY:

• A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common

• A building or complex of buildings

• A type of software

• A personal hobby or activity

Which level will have the most individual species?

• a) Population

• b) Community

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Suggest another problem or issue that ecologists might study:

• Impact of climate change on marine biodiversity

• Effects of urbanization on local bird species

• Pollution levels in freshwater ecosystems

• Invasive species and their impact on native flora and fauna

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How do termites contribute to the resilience of the ecosystem?

• By decomposing dead plant material, thus recycling nutrients

• By directly feeding on live plants

• By pollinating plants

• By preying on other insects

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Provide an example of an abiotic factor that affects organisms.

• Temperature

• Humidity

• Soil pH

• Light intensity

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Which of the following best describes the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and its short-term variation in minutes to weeks, while climate is the weather of a place averaged over a period of time, usually 30 years.

• Weather and climate refer to the same atmospheric conditions.

• Climate is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and weather is the average over a long period.

• Both terms are unrelated and pertain to different scientific fields.

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