Which of the following is NOT an ecosystem?
Woodland
Ocean
Desert
Moon
Which piece of ecological apparatus can be used to collect insects?
Quadrat
Pooter
Belt transect
Plankton net
A quadrat is used to quantify:
Fish
Plants
Insects
Birds
Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor?
Wind speed
Water levels
Soil pH
Bacteria levels
Which of the following pieces of apparatus would be most suitable for collecting insects in long grass?
Sweep net
Pitfall trap
Cryptozoic trap
A plan view of a habitat must always:
Have a tree indicated
Have a river indicated
Have a direction north indicated
Be drawn in colour
Fauna refers to:
Bacteria
Fungi
Animals
Flora refers to:
A cryptozoic trap is:
Used to capture mammals
Used to capture small animals such as worms and woodlice
Used to capture insects
Used to capture fish
A qualitative survey in ecology is:
Where the number of organisms is recorded
Where the presence or absence of organisms is recorded
Where the quality of organisms is recorded
Where the quality of the survey is recorded
A quantitative survey in ecology is:
Where a number of surveys are carried out
A survey with a lot of questions
A tullgren funnel is for:
Studying insects
Studying small animals present in a soil sample
Studying the soil
Studying plants
In using a quadrat it must be placed in the habitat at random. How did you ensure it was randomly placed?
A pencil was thrown and quadrat placed where it landed
A pencil was placed on the ground and another group placed their quadrat there
A pencil was thrown over the shoulder and the quadrat placed where it landed
The quadrat was thrown over the shoulder
In carrying out a quantitative survey of plants using a quadrat, two types of survey techniques can be carried out. They are:
Percentage frequency and average cover
Average frequency and percentage cover
Frequency and percentage cover
Frequency and cover
In carrying out a quantitative survey of animals in a habitat the capture-recapture technique is carried out. Which of the following represents the correct capture-recapture calculation?
(#C&M1st)(#C2nd) / (#M2nd)
(#C1st)(#C&M2nd) / (#M2nd)
(#C&M1st)(#M2nd) / (#C&M2nd)
(#C&M1st)(#M2nd) / (#C2nd)
