Quiz: Basics of Ecology

1. The ‘Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis’ suggests that:

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

3. 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?

4. What does ‘metapopulation dynamics’ study?

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

6. “Ecological stoichiometry” examines:

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

8. A community in ecology refers to:

9. Ecosystem ecology would focus on:

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

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

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

13. Synecology is the study of:

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

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

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