ECOSYSTEM

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1. Rate of produc on of organic ma er by 3. Trees  Birds  Lice 
producers per unit me and area is Bacteria. Thus food chain is
(1) GPP (1) Predatory
(2) NPP (2) Grazing
(3) NPP – R (3) Detritus
(4) More than one op on is correct (4) Parasi c
2. Fill in the blanks : 4. Read the following statements
regarding ecological pyramids and choose
a. Plants are called as ..... because they fix
the correct answer.
carbon dioxide.
a. Rela onship between in terms of
b. In an ecosystem dominated by trees,
organisms at different trophic levels is
the pyramid numbers is ..... type
expressed in terms of number, biomass
c. In aqua c ecosystems, the limi ng and energy.
factor for the produc vity is ....
b. Any calcula ons of energy content,
d. Common detri vores in ecosystem are biomass or number has to include only
..... one group of organisms at that trophic
e. The major reservoir of carbon on our level.
earth is .... c. In most ecosystems, all the pyramids of
(1) a-consumers, b-upright, c-temperatre, number, biomass and energy are upright.
d-earthworm, e-atmosphere d. The pyramid of biomass in sea is
(2) a-producer, b-spindle, c-light, d- generally inverted.
earthworm, e-atmosphere e. Pyramid of energy is always inverted
(3) a-producer, b-inverted, c-carbon and can never be upright.
dioxide, d-mites, e-ocean (1) a, c and d are wrong
(4) a-producer, b-inverted, c-light, d- (2) a is wrong
earthworm, e-ocean.
(3) b and e are wrong
(4) a and e are wrong
5.Which of the following trophic levels 9. In an ecosystem the func on of the
are occupied by sparrow? producers is to
(1) Primary consumer, primary producer (1) Convert organic compounds into
inorganic compounds
(2) Secondary consumer, top carnivore
(2) Trap solar energy and convert it into
(3) Primary producer, secondary producer
chemical energy
(4) Primary consumer, secondary
(3) U lize chemical energy
consumer
(4) Release energy
6. The greatest biodiversity of Earth is
found in 10. If 10,000 J of energy fall on piece of
land, then what is energy available at T2
(1) Tropical Amazonian rain forest in South
level?
Africa
(1) 1000 J
(2) Temperate Amazonian rain forest in
North America (2) 10 J
(3) Tropical Amazonian rain forest in South (3) 100 J
America
(4) 1 J
(4) Temperate Amazonian rain forest in
11. If we completely remove
South America
decomposers from an ecosystem, the
7. Choose incorrect op on w.r.t. amount ecosystem func oning will be adversely
of living material present in different affected because –
trophic levels at a given me
(1) Mineral movement will be blocked
(1) Can be measured as number
(2) Herbivores will not receive solar energy
(2) Is equivalent to standing crop
(3) Energy flow will be blocked
(3) Is always represented as dry weight
(4) Rate of decomposi on of other
only
components will be very high
(4) Expressed both as biomass and number
12. Stra fica on is well developed in
8. Ecosystem is –
(1) Tropical rain forests
(1) Any func onal unit that includes the
(2) Grasslands
whole community in a given area
interac ng with the abio c factors (3) Alpine vegeta ons

(2) A group of green plants (4) Temperate forests

(3) A group of animals interac ng with

environment
(4) Man and pets living together
13. The phenomena of one organism being 17. The respiratory loss of producers,
benefi ed without affec ng other is herbivores and carnivores are
respec vely
(1) Commensalism
(1) 10%, 20%, 30%
(2) Amensalism
(2) 20%, 30%, 60%
(3) Scavenging
(3) 20%, 40%, 80%
(4) Symbiosis
(4) Always 10%
14. The ecological pyramid of numbers in
pond ecosystem is – 18. Gross primary produc vity is –
(1) Upright (1) Rate at which organic molecules are
formed in an autotroph
(2) Inverted
(2) Rate at which organic molecules are
(3) May upright or Inverted
used up by an autotroph
(4) First upright then inverted
(3) Storage of organic molecules in the
15. Food chains differ from food webs in body of an autotroph
that
(4) Rate at which organic molecules are
(A) food chains are a single sequence of transferred to next higher trophic level
who eats whom in a community
19. A food web
(B) food chains be er represent the
(1) Increases variety of food at each
entrire community
trophic level
(C) food webs represent the complex
(2) Delicately balances the inter rela ons
interac on among food chains
amongst organisms
(D) food chain is the flow of energy in a
(3) Decreases variety of food but increases
popula on
quan ty of food at each trophic level
(1) A, C
(4) Increases variety as well as quan ty of
(2) A, D food at each trophic leve
(3) A, B, C 20. Mark the correct match
(4) A, B, C, D (1) Secondary consumer – Zooplankton
16. Least produc ve ecosystem is (2) Primary coloniser – Viruses
(1) Grassland (3) Nanoecosystem – Valley and forest
(2) Savannah (4) Omnivores – Cockroaches, Crows
(3) Forest
(4) Tundra
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