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Ecology - Science Olympiad
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A good review of ecology.
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1
What are the three main elements in fertilizers?
Oxygen, Nitrogen, Potassium
Nitrogen, Potassium, Phosphorous
Oxygen, Boron, Nitrogen
Boron, Phosphorous, Potassium
2
What type of sphere is this (hydrosphere, etc...). All of the ice on Earth
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Athmosphere
Cryosphere
3
What is the Red Data Book?
A chart of red species and their habitats
A chart of species' populations
A list of red species
A list of endangered species.
4
What are the three factors that determine how harmful pollution is?
chemical nature, concentration, persistence
concentration, persevation, pollutionisation
Person/organism, place, thing/pollutant
chemical nature, concentration, degradability
5
Who coined the term "biodiversity", and when?
Walter Rosen, 1783
Charles Darwin, 1657
Walter Rosen, 1985
Charles Darwin, 2007
6
What is the B-layer of soil?
Rock Material
Humus
Root Supplements
Bedrock
7
What is humus?
A white biochemical that gives moisture, oxygen, and carbon
A black biochemical that gives moisture, nitrogen and carbon
The Mediterranean food
8
In what waste category do xylene, solvents, paints, and aerosol cans belong?
RMW
Universal Waste
RCRA Hazardous Waste
Nuclear Waste
9
What is ecological simplification?
interference with species
Simplifying a math equation or expression
clearing up areas of natural land debris.
taking nutrients from one place and moving it to another
10
What two ecosystems will be studied in the 2017-2018 year (click on one of two)?
tundra
taiga
grassland
desert
11
Which statement is false?
Two types of population growths: exponential and logistical.
Producers have the greatest biomass.
Acid Rain must have a pH < 5.5
K-selected species have less offspring than R-selected ones.
12
Interactions between organisms is called...
mutation
demography
migration
symbiosis
13
What are the three types of grasslands?
Western, Middle, Eastern
Mountainous, plainial, vallial
Northern, Middle, Southern
Tall, Medium, Short
14
What is the A-layer of soil?
Hubris
Humus
Organic Waste
RCRA Waste
15
What is an example of an independent-limiting factor?
parasitism
Aarav
disease
weather
16
(T v. F) Phosphorous never enters the athmosphere.
IDK
False
What's the atmosphere???
True
17
What are examples of dependent-limiting factors?
disease
weather
natural disasters
Aarav
18
In this order (looks, adapts, behaves), what are the three types of ecology?
physiological, morphological, behavioral
lookial, adaptial, behavorial
physiological, behavioral, morphological
look-o-logy, adapt-o-logy, behave-o-logy
19
What's the antonym of extinct, and what's the inbetween of extinct and opposite(in that order)?
endangered, extant
electromagnetic spectra of the universe, mars
extant, endangered
emigration, niche
20
What is ecological intrusion?
interference with species.
Simplifying a math equation or expression
taking nutrients from one place and moving it to another
clearing up areas of natural land debris.
21
Pesticides, Petroleum, Hydrocarbons, solvents, and heavy metals are...
The most common fossil fuels
The most common energy sources
the materials that make a car run
The most common chemicals that are polluted in the soil.
22
What is a stable ecosystem/community called?
Climax Community
Stable Community
Darwinistical Community
Aaravian Community
23
What is the expansion of deserts known as?
nitrification
nonforestification
deforestation
desertification
24
What is the R-layer of soil?
Weathered Rock Fragments.
Root Supplements
Rock Material
Bedrock
25
Each trophic level takes ____% of the energy from the level below it.
5
10
20
40
26
In what waste category do batteries, pesticides, and mercury belong?
Universal Waste
RCRA Hazardous Waste
Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)
Recyclables
27
What is one of the four forces of evolution?
natural selection
migration
mutation
genetic drift
28
What type of mimicry is this: The clever fox dresses up as a sheep to eat the cowherd's sheep.
Mullerian
Batasian
Aaravian
Aggressive
29
Why are CFCs harmful?
They start a positive feedback which results in ozone gone.
They start a negative feedback which makes ozone depletion
30
The study of the nature of Earth's biodiversity with the aim of protecting species/habitats is
Conservation Ecology
Math
Conservation Biology.
Ecology of Biodiversity
31
What are the two types of pollution?
chemical, nonchemical
inorganic, organic
point, nonpoint
bio-diverse, non-bio-diverse
32
The role that an organism plays in its ecosystem is ____________.
mutation
succession
niche.
autotroph
33
In what waste category do biohazardous wastes belong?
Regulated Medical Waste
Solid Waste
RCRA Hazardous Waste
Nuclear Waste
34
What is carrying capacity?
The load that an organism can carry.
The converse of the alternate interior angles theorem.
The minimum members of a species that an ecosystem can hold.
The maximum members of a species that an ecosystem can hold.
35
What is the pattern of distribution of individuals within a habitat called?
distibution
mutation
dispersion
gene flow
36
What is a hoofed mammal called?
Ungulate
Gulate
Hoofasur
Horse
37
What is the rarest type of dispersion
random
clumped
uniform
Darwinistic
38
What are the contents of bio-gas?
Phosphorous, Potassium
Oxygen, Nitrogen
Carbon, Methane
Hydrogen, Helium
39
Which of the following trophic level have the least amount of organisms?
Primary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Secondary Consumers
Primary Producers
40
In what waste category does hazardous pharmaceuticals and bulk chemotherapeutic agents belong?
Universal Waste
RCRA Hazardous Waste
Nuclear Waste
Regulated Medical Waste
41
What are underground stems called?
succulents
camoflauges
rhizomes
eutrophications
42
The study of statistics that change human population is called _______________________________.
Mimicry
Modegraphy
Populationagraphy
Demography
43
What's the formula (impact)=(population)(units that each person uses)(destructiveness of unit)?
IPAT Model
Impact Equation
PUD Model
PAT Model
44
What is an epiphyte?
a human that uses no fossil fuels
an mammal that lays eggs
a plant that grows on another plant, but is not parasitic
an animal that lives on another animal, but is not parasitic
45
How do you think this quiz was?
Great, because Aarav is awesome.
Meh
Nope, not today, never.
Great, because the questions were good.
46
What are the three types of organisms (based on time of activity)?
Aarav is a boss
Diurnal, Crepuscular, Notcurnal
Diurnal, Crepuscular, Nocturnal
Pluturnal, Eternal, Nocturnal
47
What is a heterotroph?
A complex, biological organism that is an epiphyte
A human that is vegan
An autotroph
An organism that feeds on other complex organic substances.
48
What is the most common type of ecological succession?
tertiary
quaterary
primary
secondary
49
What effect causes an increasing amount of a toxic chemical in higher levels of the food chain?
biodegradation
biomagnification
biochemicalismisticalism
biotoxicism
50
What is... the first organism to begin the process of ecological succession?
photoautrophs
symbiotic organisms
pioneer species
epiphyte
51
What are any three types of pollution?
Water, Soil, Biochemical
Soil, Thermal, Biochemical
Air, Water, Fragmentation
Water, Soil, Thermal
52
What two compounds cause acid precipitation?
carbonoxide, dinitrogen dioxide
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide
sulfur, nitrogen
sulfur bi oxide, nitrogen dioxide
53
What is the temperature range of the grasslands?
-20F thru 110F
-200F thru 1100F
20F thru 90F
2F thru 11F
54
What type of succession is this: an ecosystem begins on the remains of an old ecosystem.
quaternary
secondary
primary
tertiary
55
What is the C-layer of soil?
Root Supplements
Bedrock
Weathered Rock Fragments.
Rock Material
56
What is the ecological tipping point of an ecosystem?
condition in which ecosystem is irreparably damaged
the center of mass of an ecosystem
57
What is the O-layer of soil?
RCRA Waste
Organic Waste
Hubris
Humus
58
What are the four forces?
all of these answers :)
drag, lift, thrust, weight
mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, natural selection
strong, weak, electromagnetic, gravity
59
What is percolation?
PERCOLATION IS NOT A WORD
collection of water in the atmosphere
collection of carbon dioxide in the oceans
the downward movement of water through soil
60
What are the layers of the soil, from surface to bottom?
A, C, B, D
A, B, C, D
O, A, B, C
A, B, C, O
61
When a harmful species poses as another harmful species, what type of mimicry is this?
Aaravian
Batasian
Agressive
Mullerian
