WorksheetsEcosystem- Quiz 5
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following statement about GFC is incorrect?
Sun is the source of energy
Begins with consumers
Major conduct for energy flow in aquatic ecosystems
Size of organisms commonly increase at higher trophic levels
Amount of living material present in different trophic levels at a given time is called
Standing quality
Standing state
GPP
Standing crop
Succession stages that occur on rock is called
Hydrarch
Halosere
Lithosere
Hydrosere
What amount of carbon is fixed in the biosphere through photosynthesis annually?
4 x 1013 g
3 x 104 kg
104 kg
4 x 1013 kg
Phosphorus is major component of
Biological membranes
Nucleic acids
Cellular energy transfer system
All of these
Which of the following organisms, were not given any place in ecological pyramid?
Working at several trophic levels.
Decomposer
Parasites
More than one option is correct
According to Robert Constanza average price tag for ecosystem services is
US $ 33 trillion
US $ 18 trillion
US $ 180 trillion
US $ 13 trillion
Choose odd one out w.r.t. gaseous cycle.
Carbon
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Raw material for decomposition represented by dead organic matter is
Detritus
Only roots
Minerals
Humus
Mineralisation is performed by
Small carnivores
Detrivores
saprophytic bacteria and fungi
Earthworm, termites
Which of the following organisms convert plant matter into animal matter?
Earthworm
Goat
Termites
Frog
The most common shape of pyramid of number is
Inverted
Urned
Spindle
Upright
Succession proceeds from
Xeric – Mesic conditions
Hydric – Mesic conditions
Mesic – Xeric conditions
More than one option is correct
Pioneer community established on a bare rock is
Mosses
Lichens
Phytoplanktons
Higher plants
Choose odd one out w.r.t. functional aspects of ecosystem
Energy flow
Decomposition
Species composition
Nutrient cycling
Humification results in the formation of _________ substance
Colloidal, Basic
Acidic, Dark coloured
Amorphous, Light coloured
Light coloured, Colloidal
In a grassland ecosystem, if the number of primary producers is approximately 6 million plants, the number of top carnivore (in million) which may ber supported by it may be
3
30
6
60
If CO2 is removed totally from the biosphere, which organism will be affected first
Consumers
Secondary consumers
Producers
Primary producers
The largest reservoir of phosphorus in the biosphere is the
Atmosphere
Ocean
Organisms
Rocks
The phosphorus cycle is unusual in that it is entirely
Within aquatic ecosystem
Within terrestrial ecosystem
Sedimentary
Gaseous
Which of the following atoms typically cycles within the most localized area?
Carbon
Water
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Ecological succession is _______ and ________ change in species composition.
Orderly and sequential
Unpredictable and orderly
Gradual and unsequential
Sequential and disorderly
Which of the following kingdoms contains species that can fix nitrogen?
Monera
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
The most abundant element present in the plants is
Nitrogen
Manganese
Iron
Carbon
A consumer whose carbon atoms have already passed through three species is a
Scavenger
Tertiary producer
Tertiary consumer
Secondary consumer
