This document contains a 50 question quiz about various topics in agriculture and ecology. The questions cover subjects like ecological succession, population dynamics, limiting factors, biomes, symbiotic relationships, ecosystem services, evolution, adaptations, agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, aquaculture, and selective breeding. Students are asked to choose the best answer from several multiple choice options to demonstrate their understanding of fundamental concepts.

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1. In an ecosystem, there are populations of moose, rabbits, grass, and pine trees.
Suddenly, a fire blazes through the area, which kills all of the populations. As the months
go on, new species of grass begin to take root. This attracts animals, and eventually the
ecosystem is restored. What type of ecological succession happened?
a. Primary Succession
b. Secondary Succession
c. Tertiary Succession
d. Pre – Tertiary Succession
2. When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the
population?
a. Continues to grow
b. The population starts to die off to return to carrying capacity
c. The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d. The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
3. What Biome is covered in a dense canopy and an understory?
a. Tropical Rain Forest
b. Desert
c. Tundra
d. Tropical Savanna
4. Which of the following statements is true of predator or prey relationships?
a. The amount of prey does not affect the number of predators.
b. Herbivores are limited by the number of preys in an ecosystem.
c. Humans are not considered predators.
d. The number of predators is determined by available prey.
5. What factor describes when populations decrease because animals are moving out of a
population?
a. Emigration
b. Limiting Factors
c. Immigration
d. Exponential Growth
6. A squirrel’s niche would be __________.
a. Hunting prey and providing meat for other squirrels.
b. Searching for fish to eat in the ocean.
c. Staying busy storing nuts and seeds for winter.
d. Help decompose other animals and plants.
7. In the wild, some alligators get their teeth cleaned by birds. The birds get their food from
the alligators' teeth. What type of symbiosis is this?
a. Mutualism
b. Commensalism
c. Parasitism
d. Neutralism
8. Which factor is a density-dependent limiting factor on the population of a species?
a. Seasonal Variation
b. Natural Disasters
c. Unusual Weather
d. Predation
9. What Biome is very dry; receives very little rainfall?
a. Tropical Rain Forest
b. Desert
c. Tundra
d. Tropical Savanna
10. Which limiting factor is independent of the number of individuals in a population?
a. Competition
b. Parasitism or Disease
c. Stress
d. Natural Disasters

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11. A new species of snake was introduced to a tropical region. Scientists then noticed a
steady decline in the presence of field mice and an increase in the number of snakes.
Which of these is the most likely explanation about why the population size of each
animal changed?
a. The snakes introduced to the region dominated the habitat, forcing the mice to find another
place to live.
b. The mice became prey to the introduced snakes, allowing the snake population to
increase but decreasing the mice population.
c. The snakes introduced to the region competed with the mice for food, allowing the snake
population to increase but decreasing the mice population.
d. The people in the surrounding area set traps that killed the mice, allowing the snakes to live
without any predators and therefore to increase in number.
12. Water purification, waste management, and pollination are things provided by
__________.
a. Cultural Services
b. Supporting Services
c. Provisioning Services
d. Regulating Services
13. If the number of births in a population is the same as the number of deaths in a
population, what will happen to the growth of the population?
a. It will increase.
b. It will decrease.
c. It will stay the same.
d. It will fluctuate.
14. All of the material benefits that are obtained from an ecosystem are called __________.
a. Provisioning Services
b. Regulating Services
c. Cultural Services
d. Supporting Services
15. The number of pythons found throughout Everglades National Park has increased in
recent years. These huge snakes are not native to Florida and are believed to have been
released into the wild by pet owners. Wildlife biologists have initiated attempts to capture
and remove these pythons. Which statement best explains the biologists’ reason for
removing these pythons from the Everglades?
a. The pythons could upset the territorial boundaries of native organisms.
b. The pythons could adapt to overcome diseases common to native snakes.
c. The pythons could prey on native organisms and cause native populations to decline.
d. The pythons could begin to interbreed with native snakes and produce a more successful
species.
16. The cultivation of Grapes is called __________.
a. Horticulture
b. Pisciculture
c. Sericulture
d. Viticulture
17. Agriculture is best defined as __________.
a. The hunting and gathering
b. The altering genetic material of plants
c. The cultivation of plants/domesticating animals
d. Using technology to increase production
18. Cutting the roots from a carrot and allowing it to grow into a newly formed daughter
carrot is called __________.
a. Vegetative Propagation
b. Cloning
c. Binary Fission
d. Plants vs. Zombies
19. Darwin observed 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands. What did Darwin
conclude about the finches?
a. They evolved from a common ancestor.
b. They all came from different continents.
c. They evolved from 13 different types of birds.

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d. They developed from other types of organisms.
20. Attaching a cutting of one plant to another plant is called __________.
a. Cutting
b. Grafting
c. Painting
d. Planting
21. Which of these would be considered an adaptation of an animal that lives in the snowy
tundra?
a. A Thick Coat
b. Green Colored Skin
c. Large, Flat Leaves
d. Webbed Feet
22. Which statement best describes the process of evolution?
a. Populations can survive in different locations.
b. Populations grow when resources are plentiful
c. Conditions limit the number of species on earth.
d. The characteristics of a species can change over time.
23. All of the following are physical factors that influence agriculture except __________.
a. Labor
b. Soil
c. Climate
d. Water Supply
24. In intensive farming, the __________.
a. Maximum usage of maximum land in done
b. Minimum usage of maximum land is done
c. Minimum usage of minimum land is done
d. Maximum usage of minimum land is done
25. __________ cattle breed is red with white feet, tail, underbelly, and face.
a. Angus
b. Hereford
c. Simmental
d. Shorthorn
26. __________ is an underground stem that has fleshy, colorless leaves.
a. Tuber
b. Bulb
c. Root
d. Gourd
27. Which type of agriculture deals with growing crops and raising livestock to feed the
family only?
a. Pastoral Agriculture
b. Subsistence Agriculture
c. Commercial Agriculture
d. Surplus Agriculture
28. What is the term used when plant of the same kind is grown and cultivated at one place
on a large scale?
a. Farming
b. Vegetable Farming
c. Crop
d. Plant
29. Most fossils are formed in __________.
a. Igneous Rock
b. Sand Bar
c. Sedimentary Rock
d. Metamorphic Rock
30. Which of these is not a type of bacteria?
a. Spoilage Bacteria
b. Pathogens
c. Microbes
d. Mold
31. Bryophyllum reproduces by __________.

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a. Roots
b. Stem
c. Leaves
d. Flower
32. Why did the population of peppered moths in England change from light to dark after the
Industrial Revolution?
a. Light moths were killed by soot.
b. Dark moths were produces by industrial processes.
c. The birds that ate the dark moths were killed by the soot.
d. Light moths were more obvious against the soot-stained trees.
33. Fish can be classified according to their ___________.
a. Name
b. Origin
c. Name and Origin
d. Origin and Fat Content
34. __________ is a highly specialized commercial agriculture in which citrus fruits are
grown.
a. Mediterranean Agriculture
b. Mixed Farming
c. Horticulture
d. Philippine Agriculture
35. __________ breed of horse was developed by nature and almost was extinct in the 1970s.
a. Quarter Horse
b. Morgan
c. Mustang
d. Thoroughbred
36. What is a delice?
a. A strip from a fillet usually coated in breadcrumbs
b. A neatly folded and trimmed flat fillet of fish
c. A flattened piece of fillet, stuffed and rolled
d. A steak (or slice) cut from a flat fish across its body
37. Which of these is the name for the group of parasitic flatworms that are endoparasitic?
a. Digenea
b. Monogenia
c. Yeast
d. Bacteria
38. Plantation farming is a type of __________.
a. Subsistence Farming
b. Intensive Farming
c. Commercial Farming
d. Grain Farming
39. Baby elephants can walk from nearly the moment they are born. Which of these terms
best describes this ability?
a. Instinct
b. Learned Behavior
c. Gene
d. Physical Trait
40. Which is a condition required for natural selection to occur in birds?
a. Humans must interfere with the breeding of organisms.
b. Species must produce more offspring than can survive.
c. Resources must be unlimited in the natural environments.
d. All organisms of the same species must have the same genetic material.
41. Which of these is a treatment for camellanus?
a. Anti-Hermitic Medication
b. Formalin
c. Copper
d. Antibiotics
42. What is a paupiette?
a. A strip from a fillet usually coated in breadcrumbs
b. A neatly folded and trimmed flat fillet of fish

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c. A flattened piece of fillet, stuffed and rolled
d. A steak (or slice) cut from a flat fish across its body
43. Which factor plays the most crucial role in governing agricultural activities throughout
the world?
a. Temperature
b. Climate
c. Rainfall
d. Humidity
44. Whip or tongue grafting is generally used __________.
a. To change the cultivar of a young tree
b. On large tree limbs
c. For plant material that is 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter
d. On herbaceous plants
45. A farmer grafts onto a granny smith apple tree a branch of a mackintosh apple tree and a
branch of a red delicious apple tree. What would you expect to find growing on this tree?
a. Granny smith apples, only
b. Red delicious apples and mackintosh apples
c. Granny smith apples, red delicious apples and mackintosh apples
d. No apples
46. The term agriculture is derived from the Latin word __________.
a. Ager and culture
b. Anger and culture
c. Angel and culture
d. Eager and culture
47. What is a GOUJON?
a. A strip from a fillet usually coated in breadcrumbs
b. A neatly folded and trimmed flat fillet of fish
c. A flattened piece of fillet, stuffed and rolled
d. A steak (or slice) cut from a flat fish across its body
48. __________ breed of dairy cattle produce milk with the most butterfat.
a. Jersey
b. Holstein
c. Guernsey
d. Brown Swiss
49. Farmers often make observations about the traits of their plants as they practice
selective breeding. A farmer might practice selective breeding to produce corn plants
that __________.
a. Use more water
b. All look the same
c. Are resistant to disease
d. Can grow human proteins
50. What percentage of chromosomes are handed down by a parent cell in asexual
reproduction?
a. 75%
b. 25%
c. 50%
d. 100%