Ecology Trivia Questions
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Study of organisms and their environment. Play Ecology trivia solo to sharpen your knowledge, or challenge a friend head-to-head in Trivia Tango — every question comes with an explanation so you learn as you play. Questions span every level, from easy warm-ups to expert-level stumpers, so there's a real challenge here however much you already know.
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Sample Ecology Quiz Questions
A mix of easy, medium and hard — questions run from warm-up to expert, so there's a real challenge at every level. Think you know the answers? Play to find out.
Nearly every food chain begins with energy that green plants capture from this bright object in the sky.
Difficulty: Easy- Sun
- Moon
- Stars
- Clouds
As energy climbs from one trophic level to the next, roughly this fraction is passed on, while the rest is lost mostly as heat.
Difficulty: Medium- 1%
- 10%
- 50%
- 90%
Marine plankton maintain a nearly fixed 106:16:1 atomic proportion of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, a benchmark bearing this oceanographer's name.
Difficulty: Hard- Redfield ratio
- Lindeman ratio
- Kleiber ratio
- Damuth ratio
Green plants use sunlight, water, and air to make their own food through this special process.
Difficulty: Easy- Digestion
- Photosynthesis
- Evaporation
- Respiration
The total combined weight of all the living organisms packed into a defined area is captured by this single measurement.
Difficulty: Medium- Biodiversity
- Biosphere
- Biomass
- Biome
From headwater shredders to downstream collectors, stream communities shift predictably along a gradient described by this 1980 Vannote framework.
Difficulty: Hard- Flood Pulse Concept
- Nutrient Spiraling Concept
- River Continuum Concept
- Serial Discontinuity Concept
Mushrooms and tiny bacteria play this role by breaking down dead plants and animals into rich soil.
Difficulty: Easy- Producer
- Consumer
- Predator
- Decomposer
Limited by food, water, and space, an environment can support only so many individuals of a species over the long run, a ceiling named this.
Difficulty: Medium- Biotic potential
- Population density
- Limiting factor
- Carrying capacity
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