Ecology Topic Quiz

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This quiz is on ecology, and contains content on adaptations, food pyramids and webs, interactions/symbiosis and habitats & environments
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Questão 1

Questão
A structural adaptation is [blank_start]a physical feature of an organism[blank_end] that enables the organism to better survive its environment
Responda
  • a physical feature of an organism
  • an action carried out by an organism
  • a process occurring within an organism

Questão 2

Questão
A behavioural adaptation is [blank_start]an action carried out by an organism[blank_end] that enables the organism to better survive its environment
Responda
  • an action carried out by an organism
  • a physical feature of an organism
  • a process occurring within an organism

Questão 3

Questão
A physiological adaptation is [blank_start]a process occurring within an organism[blank_end] that enables the organism to better survive its environment
Responda
  • a process occurring within an organism
  • a physical feature of an organism
  • an action carried out by an organism

Questão 4

Questão
When penguins huddle together for warmth, this is a behavioural adaptation.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
Seed pods opening from the heat of bushfire is a behavioural adaptation
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
Penguins having different, individual calls is a structural adaptation
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 7

Questão
Check the following behavioural adaptations:
Responda
  • Penguins huddling together for warmth
  • Seed pods opening under heat from a bushfire
  • Long, deep reaching roots to evade drought
  • when reptiles bask in the sun
  • sweating when its hot

Questão 8

Questão
An adaptation enables an organism to [blank_start]better survive its environment[blank_end]
Responda
  • better survive its environment

Questão 9

Questão
What is mutualism?
Responda
  • an interaction where one species benefits while the other is unaffected.
  • an interaction where both organisms benefit
  • an interaction where one organism at the expense of another

Questão 10

Questão
In parasitism, the [blank_start]host[blank_end] suffers while the [blank_start]parasite[blank_end] benefits.
Responda
  • host
  • parasite

Questão 11

Questão
Commensalism is an interaction where one organism benefits while the other is [blank_start]unaffected[blank_end]
Responda
  • unaffected
  • harmed

Questão 12

Questão
[blank_start]Autotrophs[blank_end] use the sun or stored energy to make their own food, while [blank_start]heterotrophs[blank_end] depend on other organisms for food and energy.
Responda
  • Autotrophs
  • heterotrophs

Questão 13

Questão
heterotrophs are consumers
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 14

Questão
Check the examples of abiotic features
Responda
  • plant life
  • temperature
  • humidity
  • animal species
  • quality of soil

Questão 15

Questão
check the examples of biotic features:
Responda
  • amount of sun
  • plant life
  • average wind speeds
  • humidity
  • animal species

Questão 16

Questão
Biotic is the living features of an environment
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 17

Questão
Abiotic is the living features of an environment
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 18

Questão
Examples of biological control are:
Responda
  • Introduction of a predator species to reduce numbers of a pest
  • culling of populations of pests
  • breeding programs that aim to increase the numbers of a species

Questão 19

Questão
[blank_start]Herbivores[blank_end] eat only plants [blank_start]Carnivores[blank_end] eat mostly meat [blank_start]Omnivores[blank_end] eat both plants and meat
Responda
  • Herbivores
  • Carnivores
  • Omnivores
  • Carnivores
  • Herbivores
  • Omnivores
  • Omnivores
  • Herbivores
  • Carnivores

Questão 20

Questão
A [blank_start]predator[blank_end] kills other animals for food. The hunted animals are called [blank_start]prey[blank_end]. [blank_start]Scavengers[blank_end] will eat the remains of other animals, or attack sick or dying animals.
Responda
  • predator
  • prey
  • scavengers
  • predator
  • prey
  • scavengers
  • predator
  • prey
  • scavengers

Questão 21

Questão
[blank_start]Decomposers[blank_end] break down/absorb waste and dead organisms
Responda
  • Decomposers
  • Autotrophs
  • Producers

Questão 22

Questão
A producer is...
Responda
  • an organism that kills other organisms for food
  • an organism that creates its own food
  • an animal who eats both plants and meat
  • a group of bacteria that aid the growth of plants and trees

Questão 23

Questão
A consumer gets energy from eating other organisms
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 24

Questão
The trophic levels, in order, are: 1. [blank_start]Tertiary Consumers[blank_end] 2. [blank_start]Secondary Consumers[blank_end] 3. [blank_start]Primary Consumers[blank_end] 4. [blank_start]Producers[blank_end]
Responda
  • Tertiary Consumers
  • Secondary Consumers
  • Primary Consumers
  • Producers

Questão 25

Questão
The arrows in food chains and webs show...
Responda
  • energy flow up the food chain
  • that organism 2 is eaten by organism 1
  • that organism 1 is eaten by organism 2

Questão 26

Questão
Biomass shows the combined mass of living organisms in a certain area
Responda
  • True
  • False

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