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Ecosystem

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

In any food chain, the first trophic level is occupied by

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Producers

d)

Secondary consumers

2.

Range of PAR wavelength is

a)

200 - 400 nm

b)

400 nm - 600 nm

c)

600 nm - 800 nm

d)

400 nm - 700 nm

3.

It predicts

a)

Mineralisation

b)

Senescence

c)

Leaching

d)

10% law

4.

In a pond ecosystem, the pyramid of biomass is always inverted in shape, because

a)

The sunlight is more at bottom

b)

The producers are at bottom

c)

Primary consumers are absent

d)

Secondary consumers are absent

5.

An abiotic component of an ecosystem, required by plants to perform photosynthesis

a)

sunlight

b)

water

c)

oxygen

d)

soil

6.

It is common in

a)

Forest ecosystem

b)

Pond ecosystem

c)

Parasite ecosystem

d)

Grassland ecosystem

7.
a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Omnivores

d)

Dead organic matter

8.

"Pyrmids of energy is always upright"

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Diagram represents

a)

Food chain

b)

Food web

c)

Decomposition stages

d)

Pyramid of biomass

10.

Identify a Sedimentary bio-geochemical cycle

a)

Carbon cycle

b)

Oxygen cycle

c)

Nitrogen cycle

d)

Sulphur cycle

11.

Look at the diagram of the food web. The arrows means “eaten by.”


What will happen if the number of snakes goes down?

a)

The owl will eat the grass

b)

The number of frogs will go down

c)

The hawk and owl will have less food

d)

The number of mice and grasshoppers will go up.

12.
a)

Primary succession

b)

Secondary succession

c)

Psammosere

d)

Allogenic succession

13.

The transfer of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem begins with a producer. A producer is an organism that produces its own food. A consumer is an organism in a food chain that obtains energy from producers or other consumers; consumers may be herbivores or carnivores.


Which food chain correctly describes the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

a)

grass → grasshopper → fish → human

b)

grasshopper → fish → human

c)

human → fish → grasshopper

d)

human → grasshopper → fish → grass

14.

This diagrammatic sketch showing

a)

Phosphorous cycle

b)

Carbon cycle

c)

Oxygen cycle

d)

Nitrogen cycle

15.

Air is a biotic factor.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

Pond is a ............

a)

Lentic ecosystem

b)

Lotic ecosystem

17.
a)

Chalmydomonas

b)

Daphnia

c)

Benthos

d)

Humic acid

18.

A succession in a freshwater ecosystem is

a)

Psammosere

b)

Hydrosere

c)

Lithosere

d)

Halosere

19.

The Hydrosere succession has

a)

6 stages

b)

8 stages

c)

7 stages

d)

3 stages

20.

In the given diagram, stage 2 and stage 5 represents

a)

Forest stage & Shrub stage

b)

Reed-swamp stage & Marsh meadow stage

c)

Submerged plant stage & Marsh meadow stage

d)

Shrub stag & Forest stage