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Ecoquiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by RIPPED. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
RIPPED
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
22,929
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
6 / 15
Plays
3955
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Question 1 of 15
1. An interaction in which one organism beneficially affects a second organism, but the second has no effect on the first. Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. The limits, for all important environmental features, within which individuals of a species can survive, grow and reproduce. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. An organism whose body temperature is strongly correlated to that of its external enviroment. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. The production, in some years, of exceptionally large crops of seeds by trees and shrubs. Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Pteridophytes are commonly known as? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. The existence of two distinct forms of an organism. Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The scientific name for the order of beetles is? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. The increasing atmospheric concentration of which of the following gases is not recognized as a cause of global warming. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Lobsters and crayfish are not members of which of the following animal groups? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. The bright colouration of the wings of Monarch Butterflies serves the function of? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. The bright colouration of the wings of the Red Admiral Butterfly advertises its noxious nature.


Question 12 of 15
12. Which are the most numerous of the big cats species living in Africa? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Pick the odd one out. Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Literally a 'seated' organism. One whose position is fixed in space except during a dispersal phase. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Organisms with a short lifecycle, especially plants whose seeds germinate, grow to produce new seeds and then die all in a short period within a year. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. An interaction in which one organism beneficially affects a second organism, but the second has no effect on the first.

Answer: Commensalism

An interaction in which one organism adversely affects a second organism, but the second has no effect on the first is known as a amensalism. Parasitism describes an interaction in which one organism obtains nutrients from a host causing harm but not causing death immediately.
2. The limits, for all important environmental features, within which individuals of a species can survive, grow and reproduce.

Answer: Niche

A territory refers to an area established by an animal from which other individuals are partially or totally excluded.
3. An organism whose body temperature is strongly correlated to that of its external enviroment.

Answer: Poikilotherm

Poikilotherms are usually cold blooded organisms whose activity declines with ambient temperature.
4. The production, in some years, of exceptionally large crops of seeds by trees and shrubs.

Answer: Masting

A tactic used by some species to escape seed predation by starving predators with small seed crops and capitalising in later years by producing large crops when predator numbers are low.
5. Pteridophytes are commonly known as?

Answer: Ferns

The scientific names for spiders, earthworms and flowering plants are Arachnids, oligochaetes and angiosperms.
6. The existence of two distinct forms of an organism.

Answer: Dimorphism

e.g. winged and wingless generations in the life of aphids, winged and wingless seeds produced from the same flower.
7. The scientific name for the order of beetles is?

Answer: Coleoptera

Beetles are the most abundant of all animals, in both species and individuals.
8. The increasing atmospheric concentration of which of the following gases is not recognized as a cause of global warming.

Answer: Sulphur dioxide

Sulphur dioxide is major cause of acid rain however.
9. Lobsters and crayfish are not members of which of the following animal groups?

Answer: Amphipoda

Arthropoda is a phylum containing crustaceans and insects amongst others. Decopods are crustaceans typified by ten sets of limbs that include Lobsters and Crayfish. Amphipods are a sister group with in the crustaceans.
10. The bright colouration of the wings of Monarch Butterflies serves the function of?

Answer: Advertising noxiousness to predators

This tactic is used widely throughout the animal and plant kingdoms as an antipredation device. Predators associate noxiousness with bright colouration and hence avoid those species. Thus prolonging the life of the prey species. e.g. Blue Ringed Octopus
11. The bright colouration of the wings of the Red Admiral Butterfly advertises its noxious nature.

Answer: False

The Red Admiral Butterfly is totally harmless to predators. It increases its longevity by mimicking brightly coloured noxious species. e.g. Monarch Butterfly.
12. Which are the most numerous of the big cats species living in Africa?

Answer: Leopards

Generally, the higher the energy requirements of a species the less numerous that species is. Low cheetah numbers since the last ice age have been depleted further by human hunting. Tigers do not live in Africa.
13. Pick the odd one out.

Answer: Teleosts

Marsupials, monotremes and placentals are members of the group mammals. Teleosts are a group of evolutionary advanced fishes.
14. Literally a 'seated' organism. One whose position is fixed in space except during a dispersal phase.

Answer: Sessile

A rooted plant is an example of a sessile organism. Others include barnacles and corals. A Silurian organism is one that lived on earth approximately 438 to 408 million years ago. Ruderals are plants of waste places, usually associated with human disturbance.
15. Organisms with a short lifecycle, especially plants whose seeds germinate, grow to produce new seeds and then die all in a short period within a year.

Answer: Ephemerals

Annuals are species with a life cycle which takes approximately 12 months or rather less to complete. Biennials take 2 years to complete the life cycle of an annual, usually growing in the first year and flowering the next. Perennials live for longer than 2 years.
Source: Author RIPPED

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