Quiz: Basics of Ecology

1. Which of the following would be studied under landscape ecology?

2. Which term describes the ecological succession where an area with no soil and little life (like a newly formed volcanic island) begins to develop ecosystems?

3. Which ecological principle describes the idea that closely related species are less likely to coexist in the same ecological niche due to competition?

4. In the context of ecological succession, what does ‘facilitation’ mean?

5. Ecosystem ecology would focus on:

6. What is ‘r-strategy’ in the context of population ecology?

7. The ‘Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis’ suggests that:

8. “Ecological stoichiometry” examines:

9. What is the final stable stage of ecological succession called?

10. The concept of ‘island biogeography’ mainly deals with:

11. Which type of symbiosis is characterized by one species benefiting at the expense of another?

12. What does ‘metapopulation dynamics’ study?

13. Which type of ecology deals with the study of how ecosystems respond to natural or human-induced disturbances?

14. Synecology is the study of:

15. A community in ecology refers to:

16. What does the term ‘ecosystem resilience’ most closely refer to?