Ecoquiz

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. An interaction in which one organism beneficially affects a second organism, but the second has no effect on the first. Mutualism Amensalism Parasitism Commensalism

2. The limits, for all important environmental features, within which individuals of a species can survive, grow and reproduce. Niche Habitat Environment Territory

3. An organism whose body temperature is strongly correlated to that of its external enviroment. Endodont Homeotherm Endotherm Poikilotherm

4. The production, in some years, of exceptionally large crops of seeds by trees and shrubs. Masting Seed explosion Blasting Active dispersal

5. Pteridophytes are commonly known as? Spiders Ferns Earthworms Flowering plants

6. The existence of two distinct forms of an organism. Variation Dimorphism Mutation Diapause

7. The scientific name for the order of beetles is? Diptera Bryophyta Lepidoptera Coleoptera

8. The increasing atmospheric concentration of which of the following gases is not recognized as a cause of global warming. Methane Sulphur dioxide Nitrous oxide Chlorofluorocarbons

9. Lobsters and crayfish are not members of which of the following animal groups? Crustacea Arthropoda Amphipoda Decopoda

10. The bright colouration of the wings of Monarch Butterflies serves the function of? Advertising sexual maturity to prospective mates Camouflage Advertising noxiousness to predators Increased heat absoption

11. The bright colouration of the wings of the Red Admiral Butterfly advertises its noxious nature. True False

12. Which are the most numerous of the big cats species living in Africa? Cheetahs Lions Leopards Tigers

13. Pick the odd one out. Placentals Marsupials Teleosts Monotremes

14. Literally a 'seated' organism. One whose position is fixed in space except during a dispersal phase. Ruderal Sessile A rooted plant Silurian

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. Annuals Perennials Biennials Ephemerals