INTERDEPENDENCE AMONG LIVING ORGANISM AND THE ENVIRONTMENT

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS:

Level of difficulty : Low

1. A type of worm lives in the small intestine of a boy. It survives by sucking the

nutrients from his digestive system. His health deteriorates. The worm is called

A. decomposer C. parasite

B. saprophyte D. host

2. Muthu planted the orchids and the roses in his garden. the interaction between the

two types of plants is

A. mutualism C. prey-predator

B. competition D. commensalisms

3. Which of the following statements about biological control is true?

A. the cost of this method is high

B. the population of predators decreases

C. Harmful and toxics pesticides are used to destroy the pests

D. The population of pests are controlled by their natural enemies

4. Which of the following are not harm the ecosystem

A. Deforestation

B. Use of pesticides

C. Mining activities

D. Build wildlife sanctuaries

5. Which of the following organisms is not a producer in an ecosystem?

A. Fern C. vegetable

B. Moss D. Mushroom

Level of difficulty : moderate

6. The diagram shows a food chain in a habitat

Paddy Grasshopper Rat Eagle

Which of the following will happen if the population of rats increases?

A. The population of grasshoppers decreases

B. The population of grasshoppers increases

C. The populations of eagles decreases

D. The population of paddy decreases

7. The diagram shows a food web in a paddy field

Mouse

Paddy Bird Snake

Caterpillar Frog

Which of the following organisms can be classified as secondary consumers and also

tertiary consumers?

A. frog C. Snake and frog

B. Snake D. Mouse, bird and frog

8. the table shows the population of organisms in a habitat which form a food chain

Organism Number
U 1800
V 250
W 3
X 5200

Which of the following organisms is the tertiary consumer in the habitat?

A. U B. V C. W D. X

Level of difficulty: high

9. The equation shows an important process which takes place in plants

Energy
carbon dioxide + water Glucose + oxygen
Chlorophyll

What is energy change in this process?

A. light energy potential energy

B. chemical energy light energy

C. Light energy chemical energy

D. Potential energy Chemical energy

10. The diagram shows the relationship between two important processes ,

photosynthesis and respiration.

 animal

carbon dioxide P

Plants

P represent as

A. oxygen C. Carbon dioxide

B. nitrogen D. carbon monoxide

STRUCTURED QUESTIONS

Figure 1 shows a food web in a certain habitat

Grasshopper

plants Chicken Snake

Caterpillar

(a). Why are the plants called a producer? (1 mark)

(b).Name the secondary consumer (1 mark)

(c.) Draw two pyramid of number to present above food web ( 2 marks)

(d). If all the chickens in the habitat die, what will happen to population of

i). grasshopper? ( 2 marks)

ii). Snakes? (2 marks)

ANSWER SCHEME

Objective Questions
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. D

6. A 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. A

Structured Questions

a). they produce their own food

b). Chicken

c).

snake

Chicken

Grasshopper

Plant

Snake

Chicken

Caterpillar

plant

d) i). increases ii). decreases