Introduction to Ecology Exam
1. Air, water, light, temperature and pH makes up
A. biotic environment
B. abiotic environment
C. ecosystem
D. food chain
2. Living things which can prepare their own food and do not depend on other living things for food are
called
A. produces
B. consumers
C. decomposer
D. parasites
3. Study of interactions among organism and between a biotic and biotic environment is called
A. ecology
B. zoology
C. botany
D. biochemistry
4. A group of organisms of same species which are living and reproducing in the same AREA is called
A. diversity
B. biodiversity
C. habitat
D. population
5. Factors which surrounds an organism affecting its growth, development and survival make up the
A. diversity
B. biodiversity
C. environment
D. culture
6. A system formation when different communities interact with each other and their abiotic
environment is called an
A. ecosystem
B. solar system
C. organism system
D. complex system
7. Many populations which are living together in a particular habitat is called
A. community
B. diversity
C. biodiversity
D. environment
8. All living things which affect organisms in any way constitutes the
A. biotic environment
B. abiotic environment
C. ecosystem
D. food chain
9. Environment is composed of
A. biotic components
B. a biotic components
C. both a and b
D. organisms
10. An ecologist might conduct research to answer which of the following questions?
A.
How are different species of fish related (in an evolutionary sense) to each other?
B.
How does the uneven heating of Earth's surface cause the movement of air and water masses?
C.
How do genes specify protein construction?
D.
How do tapeworms cope with life in the human intestine?
11. Which of these would be considered a biotic component of your environment?
A.
your friend
B.
temperature
C.
oxygen
D.
water
12. Which of these is a population?
A. all of the people living in your state
B. a tropical rain forest
C. you and all of the prokaryotes living in and on you
D. you
13. The sum of all Earth's ecosystems is called the _____.
A.
B.
C.
D.
stratosphere
lithosphere
hydrosphere
biosphere
14. What is the ultimate source of energy for nearly all surface terrestrial and shallow water
ecosystems?
A.
B.
C.
D.
wind
organic compounds
sunlight
water
15. Which of these is a freshwater biome?
A. continental shelf off the Atlantic ocean
B. estuary
C. chaparral
D. lake
16. The _____ biome is the driest of all biomes.
A. coniferous forest
B. temperate broadleaf forest
C. chaparral
D. desert
17. Huge herds of bison and pronghorn antelopes once roamed the North American _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
desert
grasslands
broadleaf forests
taiga
18. Which of the following biomes is dominated by gymnosperm or conifer trees (pines, firs, spruce?
a.
b.
c.
d.
desert
tundra
broadleaf forest
taiga
19. Permafrost is characteristic of the _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
tundra
temperate forest
desert
taiga
20. Ecology is the study of environmental interactions at the following levels, from least inclusive to
most inclusive: _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
organism, community, population, ecosystem
organism, population, community, ecosystem
organism, population, community
ecosystem, community, population, organism
21. The most inclusive level of organization in nature is the _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
ecosystem
population
biosphere
cell
22. An organism's environment consists of _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
abiotic and biotic factors
nonliving factors such as temperature and chemicals
water for aquatic organisms and the atmosphere for terrestrial organisms
other living organisms
23. A biome is a(n) _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
set of similar populations
area with a uniform distribution of organisms and abiotic environmental conditions
major type of ecological association that occupies a broad geographic region
major type of biosphere
24. The _____ biome contains land that can be used for highly productive agriculture.
a.
b.
c.
d.
temperate grassland
desert
tundra
tropical forest
25. All the populations of organisms living close enough together for potential interaction make up a(n)
_____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
food chain
ecosystem
community
population
26. The energy for nearly every organism in almost every ecosystem ultimately comes from _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
the sun
minerals in the soil
respiration
heat from Earth