Quiz: Basics of Ecology

1. The ‘Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis’ suggests that:

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

3. What does ‘metapopulation dynamics’ study?

4. Synecology is the study of:

5. “Ecological stoichiometry” examines:

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. A community in ecology refers to:

11. Ecosystem ecology would focus on:

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

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

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

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

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