GEE 001
Explore the Wonders of Ecology
Test your knowledge on the intricate relationships between organisms and their environment with our engaging ecology quiz. Covering essential concepts from biodiversity to ecosystems, this quiz is perfect for anyone interested in understanding the natural world.
Key features:
- 51 comprehensive questions
- Multiple choice format
- Learn about ecological interactions
The study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment. It explains how living organisms affect each other and the world they live in.
Ecology
Environment
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
It is everything that affects a living organism. Can include both living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components.
Ecology
Environment
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
All the living organisms that inhabit an environment.
Ecology
Environment
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
The nonliving parts of an organism’s environment.
Ecology
Environment
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
The ability of ecosystems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt together to constantly changing environments over long periods of time
Ecosystem
Sustainability
Biodiversity
Chemical Cycling
Group of organisms in a defined geographic area (terrestrial or marine) that interact with each other and their environment
Ecosystem
Sustainability
Biodiversity
Chemical Cycling
Includes the astounding variety of different organisms Provides ecosystem services and adaptability Interdependence, not independence, is what sustains life
Ecosystem
Sustainability
Biodiversity
Chemical Cycling
Natural processes recycle nutrients that plants and animals need to stay alive and reproduce.
Ecosystem
Sustainability
Biodiversity
Chemical Cycling
Every organisms has an inherent right to survive as well as having a potential economic good for human use. Humans have an ethical responsibility not to cause premature extinction of species.
Life-centered (Biocentric)
Earth-centered (Ecocentric)
Devoted to preserving the totality of earth’s biodiversity and the functioning of its life support system. We should not only preserve individual organisms but a species in a functioning ecosystem.
Life-centered (Biocentric)
Earth-centered (Ecocentric)
GPP (Gross Primary Product)
NPP(Net Primary Productivity)
The rate that ecosystem's producer convert energy into biomass.
Life-centered (Biocentric)
Earth-centered (Ecocentric)
GPP (Gross Primary Product)
NPP(Net Primary Productivity)
The rate that producers use photosynthesis to produce and store chemical energy minus the rate at which they use for aerobic respiration.
Life-centered (Biocentric)
Earth-centered (Ecocentric)
GPP (Gross Primary Product)
NPP(Net Primary Productivity)
Coded units of information about specific traits that are passed from parents to offspring during reproduction. They consists of segments of DNA molecules found in chromosomes
Genetic Diverstity
Genes
Biomes
Functional Diversity
The variety of genetic material within a species or a population.
Genetic Diverstity
Genes
Biomes
Functional Diversity
Major habitations or large ecosystems with distinct climates and species
Genetic Diverstity
Genes
Biomes
Functional Diversity
Variety of processes such as energy flow and matter cycling that occur within the ecosystems as species interact with one another in food chains and webs
Genetic Diverstity
Genes
Biomes
Functional Diversity
The number of different species contains in an ecosystem
SPECIES RICHNES
SPECIES EVENNES
Ecological Niche
Niche
Relative abundance of individuals within each of those species
SPECIES RICHNES
SPECIES EVENNES
Ecological Niche
Niche
Specific ecological role performed by each species in the ecosystem.
SPECIES RICHNES
SPECIES EVENNES
Ecological Niche
Those that normally live and thrive in particular ecosystem
NATIVE SPECIE
NONNATIVE SPECIE
Specialists
Generalists
R invasive, alien and exotic species - those that migrate into, or are deliberately or accidentally introduced into, an ecosystem
NATIVE SPECIE
NONNATIVE SPECIE
Specialists
Generalists
Live in only a few types of habitats; more prone to extinction because of their inability to tolerate environmental change. Narrow niche, less adaptable because of specialized needs, more likely to become extinct, easily affected by changing conditions
NATIVE SPECIE
NONNATIVE SPECIE
Specialists
Generalists
Can live in a wide range of environments; less prone to extinction. Broad niche, adaptable to many environments, less likely to become extinct, use a variety of resources, high range of tolerance.
NATIVE SPECIE
NONNATIVE SPECIE
Specialists
Generalists
Biological smoke alarm – those that provide early warnings of damage to a community or an ecosystem
INDICATOR SPECIES
KEYSTONE SPECIES
Foundation Species
Endemic species
Whose role has a large effect on the type and abundances of other species in an ecosystem - sustain ecosystem - role in pollination of flowering plants, top predator feed on and help regulate population of other species
INDICATOR SPECIES
KEYSTONE SPECIES
Foundation Species
Endemic species
Referred to as 'Ecosystem Engineers'.  Any species that has a large contribution towards creating and maintaining habitats that support other species  Without the presence of foundation species in an ecosystem, many other species couldn't sustain their habitat.
INDICATOR SPECIES
KEYSTONE SPECIES
Foundation Species
Endemic species
Species that are found in only one area and are vulnerable to extinction.
INDICATOR SPECIES
KEYSTONE SPECIES
Foundation Species
Endemic species
The process whereby earth’s changes over time through changes in the genetic characteristics of the population
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
FOSSILS
MUTATION
ADAPTATION OR ADAPTIVE TRAI
Mineralized or petrified replicas of skeletons, bones, teeth, shell, leaves and seeds or impression of such items on rocks
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
FOSSILS
MUTATION
ADAPTATION OR ADAPTIVE TRAIT
Random changes in the DNA molecules of a gene in any cell that can occur spontaneously or by exposure to external agents like radioactivity
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
FOSSILS
MUTATION
ADAPTATION OR ADAPTIVE TRAIT
Heritable trait that improves the ability of the individual organisms to survive and reproduce at higher rate than other individuals in a population under prevailing environmental conditions
BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
FOSSILS
MUTATION
ADAPTATION OR ADAPTIVE TRAIT
- different groups of same population of species become physically isolated from one another over long period of time
GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION
REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION
Local Extinction
Biological Extinction
€“ long term geographic separation of members of a particular sexually reproducing species
GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION
REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION
Local Extinction
Biological Extinction
A process in which an entire species ceases to exist
GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION
REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION
Local Extinction
Biological Extinction
a population of species becomes extinct over a large region, but not globally
GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION
REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION
Local Extinction
Biological Extinction
All of the individuals of a species that live together in one place at one time.
Population
Demography
Population size
Population density
The statistical study of populations. It is used to predict how the size of a population will change.
Population
Demography
Population size
Population density
The number of individuals in a population. Has an important effect on the ability of the population to survive
Population
Demography
Population size
Population density
Number of individuals in a given area. If they are too far apart they may only rarely encounter one another resulting in little reproduction
Population
Demography
Population size
Population density
The number of live birth per 1,000 people in a population in a given year
Birth Rate Or Crude birth rate
Fertility Rate
Death Rates or Crude Death Rate
LIFE EXPECTANCY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
The number of children born to a woman during her lifetime
Birth Rate Or Crude birth rate
Fertility Rate
Death Rates or Crude Death Rate
LIFE EXPECTANCY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
The number of Deaths per 1,000 people in a population in a given year
Birth Rate Or Crude birth rate
Fertility Rate
Death Rates or Crude Death Rate
LIFE EXPECTANCY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
The average number of years a new born infant can expect to live
Birth Rate Or Crude birth rate
Fertility Rate
Death Rates or Crude Death Rate
LIFE EXPECTANCY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
The number of babies out of every 1,000 born who die before their first birthday
Birth Rate Or Crude birth rate
Fertility Rate
Death Rates or Crude Death Rate
LIFE EXPECTANCY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
The movement of people into specific geographic area
IMMIGRATION
EMIGRATION
The movement of people out of specific geographic are
IMMIGRATION
EMIGRATION
Population can grow very slowly because of high birth rate ( to compensate for high infant mortality) and high death rate
Preindustrial
Transitional
Postindustrial
Population grows rapidly because of high birth rate while there is a drop in the death rate due to improvement in food production and health system
Preindustrial
Transitional
Industrial
Postindustrial
Population growth slows because of drop in both birth rate and death rate due to improvement in food production , health and education
Preindustrial
Transitional
Industrial
Postindustrial
Population growth level off and then decline as the birth rates equal and then fall below death rate
Preindustrial
Transitional
Industrial
Postindustrial
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