This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Biology > Class 12 Biology Chapter 14 Ecosystem – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Biology Chapter 14 Ecosystem Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which shows ecological succession? A) A forest remains unchanged. B) A single organism grows. C) A predator eats prey. D) A forest fire $\rightarrow$ grasses $\rightarrow$ shrubs $\rightarrow$ trees $\rightarrow$ mature forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A forest fire $\rightarrow$ grasses $\rightarrow$ shrubs $\rightarrow$ trees $\rightarrow$ mature forest. 2. Hubungan antara dua jenis makhluk hidup yang saling memangsa disebut ..... A) Predasi. B) Parasitisme. C) Komensalisme. D) Mutualisme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Predasi. 3. Which of the following BEST describes the flow of energy through a food chain? A) Energy flows between primary producers and consumers, in either direction. B) Energy flows from consumers to primary producers, in one direction only. C) Energy flows from primary producers to consumers in one direction only. D) Energy flows between primary producers and consumers, in an endless cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy flows from primary producers to consumers in one direction only. 4. Biotic Elements need ..... many things to survive. A) 2. B) 11. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 5. What evidence do we have that Australia was part of the supercontinent Gondwana? A) Modern maps. B) Fossil records. C) Satellite images. D) Speculation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil records. 6. Which of the following is NOT a type of adaptation? A) Conditional. B) Behavioral. C) Structural. D) Physiological. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conditional. 7. Which species would be most affected by the overfishing of Alaskan salmon? A) Lobsters. B) Bears. C) Opossum. D) Crayfish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bears. 8. What is the term used to describe the the place an organism lives? A) Biome. B) Biodiversity. C) Habitat. D) Niche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Habitat. 9. The variety and variability of habitats, communities, and ecological process in the biosphere is A) Ecosystem Adaptation. B) Ecosystem diversity. C) Ecosystem differential. D) Ecosystem standard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ecosystem diversity. 10. Study of how living things relate to each other and their environment A) Ecology. B) Evolution. C) Parasitology. D) Ethology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecology. 11. A living person, animal, or plant. A) Cell. B) Abiotic factor. C) Organism. D) Liger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organism. 12. Organisms only hold on to (a) percent of the energy they ingest. A) 100. B) 25. C) 55. D) A. 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. 10. 13. Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment (harm). A) Mutualsim. B) Parasitism. C) Commensalism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasitism. 14. What is the definition of Biodiversity A) The variety of different species in an ecosystem. B) The variety between the individuals within a species in an ecosystem. C) The place where an organism (animal, plant or microorganism) lives. D) All the organisms (the community) living in a particular habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The variety of different species in an ecosystem. 15. What are keystone species? A) Species that have disproportionate effects on ecosystem stability. B) Organisms that can collapse an ecosystem if they overpopulate an area. C) Non-native species that have adapted to a new environment. D) The first species to return to an area after a natural disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Species that have disproportionate effects on ecosystem stability. 16. Who introduced the term Natural Selection? A) Stephen Hawking. B) Charles Darwin. C) Edward Einstein. D) Prince Charles. E) Christopher Columbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Darwin. 17. Animals and plants cannot directly use all of the nitrogen found in our atmosphere. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What states that no two species can occupy exactly the same niche in exactly the same habitat at the same time A) Competitive exclusion principle. B) Competitive adaptation. C) Competitive inclusion principle. D) Competitive nice principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Competitive exclusion principle. 19. An example of a biotic factor in an ecosystem would be: A) Precipitation. B) Soil pH. C) Predation. D) Light intensity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predation. 20. Limiting factors: A) Decrease population growth. B) Increase population growth. C) Affect only producers. D) Affect only predators. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decrease population growth. 21. What role do enzymes play in biochemical reactions? A) They increase the activation energy required for reactions. B) They are consumed in the reaction. C) They prevent reactions from occurring. D) They act as catalysts to lower the activation energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They act as catalysts to lower the activation energy. 22. Which of the following is an example of a cultural ecosystem service? A) Watching a movie. B) Going to the gym. C) Eating at a restaurant. D) Visiting a national park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visiting a national park. 23. True or False:A non-living thing is anything that doesn't grow and reproduce in such as rocks, soil, air, or water. A) X. B) X. C) False. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 24. What are all members of one kind of organism that live in a particular area? A) Community. B) Environment. C) Population. D) Microrganisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population. 25. Food webs model the relationships among species that live in the same environment. Which of thefollowing best illustrates a producer-decomposer relationship in an ecosystem? A) A ladybug eating aphids. B) A squirrel eating walnuts. C) Mushrooms on a stump. D) A vulture eating from a rabbit carcass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mushrooms on a stump. 26. Which one of these trees are found in the cool and rainy regions? A) Teak. B) Birch. C) Pinus. D) Sheesham. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birch. 27. What is one biotic thing that could limit the population size of the primary consumer? A) Environmental disaster. B) Habitat destruction. C) Pollution. D) Water access. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat destruction. 28. Which catastrophic event will most likely have the effect of returning an ecosystem to primary succession? A) A drought. B) A volcanic eruption. C) A flood. D) A tornado. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A volcanic eruption. 29. What two parts of the classification system are used for the naming of organisms? A) Domain and Kingdom. B) Genus and Species. C) Class and Family. D) Kingdom and Phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genus and Species. 30. Which body system brings oxygen into the body so it can be delivered to cells to use for production of ATP? A) Nervous. B) Respiratory. C) Digestion. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respiratory. 31. What is the Malthus model primarily concerned with? A) Water cycles. B) Climate change. C) Soil erosion. D) Population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Population growth. 32. Scientists are studying cellular respiration in a jungle ecosystem that has plants, animals, and decomposers (which consume dead things). Which group or groups of organisms in the jungle carry out cellular respiration? A) Plants. B) Animals and decomposers. C) All organisms in the jungle. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All organisms in the jungle. 33. An organism's place on a food chain is also called its A) Food chain level. B) Biomass level. C) Energy level. D) Trophic level. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trophic level. 34. Food flows along a food chain from consumers to producers to decomposers. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. What cell part decides what gets in and out of the cell? A) Cell wall. B) Nucleus. C) Cytoplasm. D) Cell membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cell membrane. 36. A wildfire burns a region of a healthy grasslands ecosystem. Which climax community will MOST LIKELY arrive in the burned region due to ecological succession? A) A grasslands ecosystem, very similar to the original. B) A community of pioneer species, such as lichens. C) A grasslands ecosystem of plants only, without animals. D) A patchwork of grasslands, hardwood forest, and other ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A grasslands ecosystem, very similar to the original. 37. What is the significance of studying past environments and extinction events? A) To understand current ecosystems and inform future actions. B) To predict future lottery numbers. C) To find new species to introduce. D) To solely focus on historical data without application. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To understand current ecosystems and inform future actions. 38. One of six major types of ecosystems is called: A) Ecosystem. B) Tundra. C) Desert. D) Biomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomes. 39. Which of the following is capable of making its own food from sunlight and is the foundation of all food chains? A) Consumer. B) Top consumer. C) Primary consumer. D) Producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producer. 40. Which is not essential in a viable mesocosm? A) Autotroph. B) Herbivore. C) Saprotroph. D) Light source. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Herbivore. 41. What are tiny organisms that float near the surface of the water? A) Insects. B) Organisms. C) Plankton. D) Abiotic factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plankton. 42. Which of the following is NOT an autotroph? A) Chemosynthetic microbes. B) Decomposers. C) Cyanobacteria. D) Algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decomposers. 43. Which vital element for life participates in the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous cycles? A) Calcium. B) Chlorine. C) Sodium. D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxygen. 44. When does exponential growth occur? A) Limited food. B) High death rates. C) Unlimited resources. D) High competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unlimited resources. 45. How does biotechnology impact the environment? A) It has no environmental impact. B) It can result in unintended harm to ecosystems. C) It can lead to increased biodiversity. D) It only affects urban areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It can result in unintended harm to ecosystems. 46. The seasons, which influence temperature and the availability of water and light on land, are due to: A) The Earth's rotation and its climate. B) The Earth's tilt and rotation. C) The Earth's tilt and orbital movement. D) The Earth's tilt and latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Earth's tilt and orbital movement. 47. A relationship where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed is called ..... A) Mutualism. B) Commensalism. C) Parasitism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasitism. 48. Symbiotic mutualism can be seen on A) Ox and bird. B) Ants and grasshoper. C) Dolphin and shark. D) Crocodile and bull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ox and bird. 49. What is the ultimate source of energy in any food chain or web? A) Consumers. B) Producers. C) Decomposers. D) The sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sun. 50. What is the best explanation for an energy pyramid? A) It shows the FLOW of energy from one organism to the next. B) It shows HOW much energy flows through a food web. C) It shows the MEMBERS in a single organism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It shows HOW much energy flows through a food web. 51. Relationship between organisms in which both organisms benefit A) Mutualism. B) Symbolism. C) Commensalism. D) Parasitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutualism. 52. How is a food web different from a food chain? A) A food web does not include decomposers whereas a food chain does. B) A food web is for insects whereas a food chain is for mammals. C) A food web combines many different food chains. D) A food web is for insects whereas a food chain is for mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A food web combines many different food chains. 53. The disappearance of grasshoppers wouldhurt frogs more than snakes because they are the ..... source of food for the ..... A) Only, lettuce. B) Only, frog. C) Nothing, grass. D) Nothing, snake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only, frog. 54. Frogs lay ~4000 eggs at a time. Based on this frogs would be classified as- A) R-strategists. B) K-strategists. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R-strategists. 55. Starfish are probably the most important predator in the shallow ecosystem because they eat basically anything that they can come across. Their feeding activities control the whole ecosystem. This is an example of the starfish ..... A) Habitat. B) Biotic factors. C) Niche. D) Tolerance level. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niche. 56. Which of the following is a result of ecological succession? A) A static ecosystem. B) A dynamic and changing ecosystem. C) An immediate increase in biodiversity. D) A decrease in species diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dynamic and changing ecosystem. 57. Which Biome will be the hottest A) Tundra. B) Desert. C) Taiga. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert. 58. The actual place an organism lives is its A) Environment. B) Habitat. C) House. D) Ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habitat. 59. When organisms of the same species interact over things such as mates it is described as: A) Interspecific. B) Counter specific. C) Intraspecific. D) Species specific. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intraspecific. 60. In an ecosystem, a mouse eats grass seeds and a snake eats the mouse. Which of the following is correct. A) The mouse is a producer and the snake is a herbivore. B) The mouse is a herbivore and the snake is a carnivore. C) The mouse is a carnivore and the snake is a herbivore. D) Both the mouse and the snake are carnivores. 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