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Ecology Review 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ecosystem may be defined as

a)

A species along with environment

b)

Plants found in water

c)

Plants found on land

d)

plants and animals species along with environment

2.

A pond / lake is

a)

A biome

b)

Natural ecosystem

c)

An artificial ecosystem

d)

Community of plants and animals only

3.

Biome is

a)

The fauna of an ocean

b)

The Flora of land

c)

Communities of organisms interacting with one another

d)

The part of the earth and its atmosphere which is inhabited by living organisms

4.

Primary consumers in the detritus food chain are

a)

Herbivorous

b)

Bacteria and fungi

c)

Insect Larva

d)

All the above

5.

Total organic matter present in an ecosystem is called

a)

Biomass

b)

Biome

c)

Litter

d)

Food

6.

The most important organisms for an ecosystem are

a)

consumers

b)

carnivorous

c)

producers

d)

protozoas

7.

A peacock eats snakes which eat frog these eat hoppers which in turn thrive on leaves of the plants, the peacock is

a)

Primary consumer

b)

Secondary consumer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Last consumer

8.

A food chain is

a)

Group of organisms which eat the same type of food.

b)

animals eating animals

c)

series of plants/ animals which are interrelated in the form of an organism being eaten as food by the others

d)

None of the above

9.

A food chain consist of

a)

Only producers

b)

Only animals

c)

Only decomposers

d)

Producers, consumers and decomposers

10.

Food chain always starts with

a)

Respiration

b)

Photosynthesis

c)

Nitrogen fixation

d)

Decomposition

11.

Producers in a grazing food chain

a)

feed the herbivorous

b)

feed the carnivorous

c)

clean the waste

d)

capture chemical energy

12.

In biomass pyramid, the largest group with biomass occupies

a)

Bottom of the pyramid

b)

middle of the pyramid

c)

Top of the pyramid

13.

When a big fish eats a small fish which eats water fleas supported by phytoplankton water fleas are

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Top consumers

14.

Which is true of a food chain?

a)

Passage of carbon from one trophic Level to the next higher one

b)

Passage of energy from one trophic Level to next higher one

c)

Passage of biomass from one trophic Level to next higher one

d)

All of the above

15.

Which one is not a factor of the abiotic environment?

a)

Water

b)

Temperature

c)

Decomposers

d)

Sunlight