This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 14 Ecosystem – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 14 Ecosystem Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A species that plays a vital role in maintaining structure, stability, and diversity in an ecosystem. A) Major Species. B) Impact species. C) Nice Species. D) Keystone Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keystone Species. 2. What is an example of a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms A) A deer. B) A bear. C) A vulture. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A vulture. 3. In terrestial ecosystem X, Y and Desert ecosystems are three types of ecosystems. Here X and Y are A) Forest and Grassland. B) Grassland and Lake. C) Fresh Water and Marine water. D) Forest and Marine water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forest and Grassland. 4. How are deer and wolves classified? A) As decomposers. B) As consumers. C) As carnivores. D) As producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As consumers. 5. Heterotrophic organisms are those that produce their own food and energy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Humans Change Ecosystems to better fit their needs A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Which is the correct, balanced equation for CELLULAR RESPIRATION? A) C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O $\rightarrow$ 6CO2 + 12H2O + ATP. B) 6CO2 + 12H2O + sunlight $\rightarrow$ C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O. C) C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O + ATP$\rightarrow$ 6CO2 + 12H2O. D) C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O + sunlight $\rightarrow$ 6CO2 + 12H2O. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O $\rightarrow$ 6CO2 + 12H2O + ATP. 8. What are the benefits of maintaining a balanced ecosystem? A) Maintaining a balanced ecosystem benefits the survival of species, promotes biodiversity, improves air and water quality, and provides essential ecosystem services. B) Worsens air and water quality. C) Reduces biodiversity. D) Causes extinction of species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maintaining a balanced ecosystem benefits the survival of species, promotes biodiversity, improves air and water quality, and provides essential ecosystem services. 9. An ecosystem is a system consisting of: A) Biocenosis, the environment with its characteristics, and the interactions established between them. B) Living beings and the interactions established between them. C) Living beings and the environment they live in. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biocenosis, the environment with its characteristics, and the interactions established between them. 10. Which of the following is a consequence of uncontrolled cell growth? A) Cancer. B) Increased energy production. C) Enhanced immune response. D) Improved cell function. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cancer. 11. What are the branching and interrelationships BETWEEN food chains in a biotic community an example of? A) A food web. B) A population. C) An ecosystem. D) A biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A food web. 12. A snake that eats a mouse, which in turn eats grass, is an example of a: A) Secondary consumer. B) Primary consumer. C) Tertiary consumer. D) Decomposer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary consumer. 13. Energy flows in a food chain as one organism consumes another for food. What happens to this energy as it moves up the food chain from one level to the next? A) It is stored in the organism as fat. B) It increases. C) It remains constant. D) It decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It decreases. 14. A species that is NOT native to a particular region and is harmful to the ecosystem is called A) Natural. B) Invasive. C) Non native. D) Extraordinary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invasive. 15. A sweet, sugary liquid made inside flowers. Insects and hummingbirds eat it. A) Maple Syrup. B) Honey. C) Nectar. D) Coke Zero Sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nectar. 16. What do you call all of the living things AND all of the non-living things together in the same environment? A) Population. B) Community. C) Ecosystem. D) Biome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecosystem. 17. If there are 1, 000 kilocalories of energy available at the producer level, how much energy will be available at the 3rd consumer level A) 1 kcal. B) 10 kcal. C) 100 kcal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 kcal. 18. What two parts does a plant cell have that an animal cell does not? A) Cytoplasm and cell wall. B) Nucleus and cell membrane. C) Cell wall and chloroplasts. D) Cell membrane and cell wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cell wall and chloroplasts. 19. What is ecological tolerance? A) The amount of food a species can consume in a given environment. B) The ability of a species to control its environment. C) The process of adapting to a new ecosystem. D) The range of environmental conditions that a species can tolerate and survive in. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The range of environmental conditions that a species can tolerate and survive in. 20. Which of the following is a 2nd level consumer?acorn$\rightarrow$ squirrel $\rightarrow$ owl $\rightarrow$ mushroom A) Squirrel. B) Owl. C) Mushroom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Owl. 21. True or False:Herbivores impact the plant population A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Name one example of a biome. A) Rainforest. B) Arctic Ocean. C) Tundra. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra. 23. True or False:Predator Prey relationships do not affect populations A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. The first species to colonize an area that tend to be small, tough, and require few nutrients: A) Secondary Succession. B) Primary Succession. C) Climax Community. D) Pioneer Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pioneer Species. 25. What term describes the range of conditions that an organism can endure and survive in? A) Niche. B) Microclimate. C) Habitat. D) Tolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tolerance. 26. Why is biodiversity important for the health of an ecosystem? A) Ecosystem services are not affected by biodiversity. B) Biodiversity has no impact on the productivity of an ecosystem. C) Biodiversity provides resilience, supports ecosystem services, and contributes to stability and productivity. D) Biodiversity leads to ecosystem imbalance and instability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biodiversity provides resilience, supports ecosystem services, and contributes to stability and productivity. 27. How does a lack of vascular tissue affect mosses? A) Mosses cannot produce flowers. B) Mosses cannot sexually reproduce. C) Mosses cannot have true roots, stems, and leaves. D) Mosses cannot produce glucose by photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mosses cannot have true roots, stems, and leaves. 28. A very large ecosystem that is made up of many smaller ecosystem such as rainforest or grasslands A) Micro ecosytem. B) Messo ecosystem. C) Biome. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biome. 29. Several food chains interconnected together create a ..... A) A food web. B) A long food chain. C) A food diagram. D) Living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A food web. 30. When organisms of different species interact over things such as food it is described as: A) Intraspecific. B) Species specific. C) Counter specific. D) Interspecific. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interspecific. 31. What limits the length of a food chain in an ecosystem? A) The loss of energy between trophic levels. B) Competition between organisms. C) The size of the individual organisms. D) Natural selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The loss of energy between trophic levels. 32. Some herbivore-plant interactions evolved through a series of reciprocal evolutionary adaptations in both species. The process is called A) Selection. B) Trophism. C) Herbivory. D) Coevolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coevolution. 33. Carla claims that a strain of rose bushes is resilient to temperatures as low as 5 degrees C. Which statement about rose bushes of this strain can be inferred from Carla's claim? A) They grow better at 5 degrees C than at higher temperatures. B) They grow better at higher temperatures, but can survive at 5 degrees C. C) They grow as well at 5 degrees C as at higher temperatures. D) They can survive at 5 degrees C without inputs such as water and sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They grow better at higher temperatures, but can survive at 5 degrees C. 34. A short plant with a thick, fleshy stem, extensive roots, and a short blooming period would MOST likely be found in which of the following environments? A) Coniferous forest. B) Desert. C) Deciduous forest. D) Prairie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert. 35. Explain the concept of a food chain in an ecosystem. A) A food chain is a physical chain made of food items in an ecosystem. B) A food chain shows the flow of energy and nutrients from one organism to another in an ecosystem. C) A food chain is a hierarchy of restaurants in an ecosystem. D) A food chain is a type of fishing net used to catch food in an ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A food chain shows the flow of energy and nutrients from one organism to another in an ecosystem. 36. Living Organisms that decompose animals and plants are called A) Producers. B) Carnivores. C) Decomposers. D) Consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposers. 37. In the woods, there are hawks and robins. They both try to occupy the same niche by competing for worms as the only source of food in that same area at that same time. The hawks outcompete the robins, and the robins are forced to leave that area. This is an example of: A) Neutralism. B) Commensalism. C) The competitive exclusion principle. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The competitive exclusion principle. 38. The physical part of the ecosystem that meets the needs of an organism is called: A) Population. B) Ecosystem. C) Habitat. D) Role. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat. 39. Which of the following explains why producers are always found at the beginning of a food chain? A) Producers convert light energy into chemical energy. B) Consumers are eaten by a variety of producers. C) Producers are larger than consumers. D) Producers are found in fewer numbers than consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers convert light energy into chemical energy. 40. When a New England farm is abandoned, its formerly plowed fields first become weedy meadows, then shrubby areas, and finally forest. This sequence of plant communities is an example of A) Secondary succession. B) Primary succession. C) Evolution. D) A trophic chain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Secondary succession. 41. Can cause extinctions of organism A) Short term impact. B) Long term impact. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long term impact. 42. Place where an organism spends its life A) Biolgical community. B) Habitiat. C) Niche. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitiat. 43. Which of the following organisms is a consumer? A) Bacteria. B) Hawk. C) Mushroom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hawk. 44. Rainfall in a tropical evergreen forest is A) 20cm to 60cm. B) 75cm to 200 cm. C) 75 cm to 150cm. D) More than 200 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than 200 cm. 45. Which best describes the role of a producer in an ecosystem? A) A producer supplies light for the consumers in the ecosystem. B) A producer supplies water for the consumers in the ecosystem. C) A producer supplies energy for the consumers in the ecosystem. D) A producer supplies oxygen for the consumers in the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A producer supplies energy for the consumers in the ecosystem. 46. More successful ecosystems will have: A) Fewer, complex, food chains. B) Fewer, basic, food chains. C) Many, complex, food chains. D) Many, basic, food chains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many, complex, food chains. 47. What is the role of decomposers in the biogeochemical cycles? A) Decomposers break down organic matter and release nutrients back into the environment. B) Decomposers have no role in biogeochemical cycles. C) Decomposers contribute to the accumulation of organic matter. D) Decomposers absorb nutrients from the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposers break down organic matter and release nutrients back into the environment. 48. What are consumers that eat only plants A) Herbivores. B) Omnivores. C) Carnivores. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herbivores. 49. Which human activity has had the greatest impact on climate change? A) Production of nuclear waste. B) Building skyscrapers. C) Deforestation. D) Burning fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning fossil fuels. 50. Which statement is true for BOTH food chains and food webs? A) They show only one feeding pathway. B) They include producers and consumers and show energy flow. C) They exist only in grasslands. D) They exclude apex predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They include producers and consumers and show energy flow. 51. What is the word equation for Cellular Respiration? A) Carbon dioxide + energy $\rightarrow$ water + energy + glucose. B) Oxygen + glucose + water $\rightarrow$ carbon dioxide + energy. C) Oxygen + glucose $\rightarrow$ water + carbon dioxide + energy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen + glucose $\rightarrow$ water + carbon dioxide + energy. 52. States that no 2 species can occupy the same niche at the same time A) Frask's ecology statement. B) Ecology. C) Niche vs habitat. D) Competitive exclusion principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Competitive exclusion principle. 53. Animals that eat dead animals are called as ..... A) Top carnivores. B) Scavengers. C) Herbivores. D) Decomposers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scavengers. 54. Impact last five years or less A) Short term impact. B) Long term impact. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short term impact. 55. Which of the following is NOT a consumer A) Dog. B) Grass. C) Shark. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grass. 56. What can cause changes in ecosystems? A) Seasonal changes only. B) None of the above. C) Permanent shifts only. D) Both temporary shifts and permanent changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both temporary shifts and permanent changes. 57. A volcano erupts and covers the surrounding area with lava and volcanic ash. As the ecosystem begins to recover, which type of plant will MOST likely be the first to colonize land in the area surrounding the eruption? A) Wildflowers. B) Hardwood trees. C) Mosses. D) Evergreen shrubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mosses. 58. What did the invention of microscopes lead to the discovery of? A) Planets and stars. B) Bacteria, cells, and antibiotics. C) Electricity and magnetism. D) Dinosaurs and fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria, cells, and antibiotics. 59. What is the relationship between temperature and enzyme activity? A) Enzyme activity decreases with increasing temperature. B) Enzyme activity is unaffected by temperature. C) Enzyme activity increases with increasing temperature up to a point, then decreases. D) Enzyme activity is highest at freezing temperatures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enzyme activity increases with increasing temperature up to a point, then decreases. 60. How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers? A) Primary consumers eat only plants; secondary consumers eat other consumers. B) Primary consumers eat other consumers; secondary consumers eat only plants. C) Primary consumers eat plants and other consumers; secondary consumers eat plants and decompose matter. D) . Primary consumers eat plants and decompose matter; secondary consumers eat plants and other consumers. 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