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Natural Eco_Quiz_2

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Water on land which is continuously cycling and has low salt content is known as ______________ water

a)

Ocean

b)

Fresh

c)

artificial

2.

Water on land which is continuously cycling and has low salt content is known as fresh water and its study is called .__________________

a)

land study

b)

riverology

c)

limnology

3.

The largest lake in the world is lake ______________in North America

a)

Siberia

b)

Superior

c)

Seabas

4.

____________ lake of Orissa is largest lake in India.

a)

Ganga

b)

Indus

c)

Chilka

d)

Bhrahmaputra

5.

Bentic zone (bottom) or the _____________ of the lake.

a)

Floor

b)

Top

c)

Bottom

d)

Middle

6.

Microscopic floating organisms such as algae, diatoms, protozoans and larval forms are called ______________

a)

neoplankton

b)

zooplankton

c)

plankton.

7.

___________________are areas that periodically get inundated with water and support a flourishing community of aquatic organisms

a)

Oceanlands

b)

wetlands

c)

riverlands

8.

Maximum diversity of marine organisms is found in the __________________zone that is near the shore.

a)

tidal

b)

upper

c)

lower

9.

Which ghats also known as Sahyadri extend from Tapti river in north to Kanyakumari in south ?

a)

Western

b)

Eastern

c)

Sourthen

d)

Northen

10.

________________ are naturally formed deep water bodies

a)

oceans

b)

rivers

c)

lakes

d)

seas

11.

________________ points are the places that undergo periodic flooding as a river channel overflows with flood water

a)

Flood

b)

Drought

c)

Cyclone

d)

Typhoon

12.

What is man made areas holding water irrigation and human use.

a)

Ponds

b)

Canals

c)

Reservoir

13.

Gulf on east coast is___________-

a)

gulf of Kutchch

b)

gulf of Khambha

c)

gulf of Mannar

14.

Gulf on west coast are ________________

a)

gulf of Khambhat

b)

gulf of Mannar

c)

gulf of Kutchch

15.

An ______________ is a place where a river or a stream opens into the sea

a)

estuary

b)

equator

c)

alpine

d)

sea

16.

_______________are triangular areas bordering the river valley towards the mouth.

a)

islands

b)

Deltas

c)

marine

d)

gulf

17.

Which forests act as barriers for the costal habitat to check the wind speed during cyclones and high velocity landward winds.

a)

mangroove

b)

tropical

c)

Tundra

d)

Desert

18.

Sunderban mangroves are the only mangroves where _____________population is found.

a)

lion

b)

panda

c)

tiger

d)

crocodiles

19.

_______________ are land masses surrounded by sea water from all sides

a)

deltas

b)

Islands

c)

gulfs

d)

seas

20.

which is the zone of junction between two or more diverse ecosystems

a)

ecology

b)

Ecotone

c)

tropical forests

d)

eustaries

21.

the number of species and the population density of some of the species is much greater in this zone than either community. This is called ____________effect

a)

edge

b)

top

c)

end

d)

east

22.

____________is one of the megadiversity countries.

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Russia