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ENVIRONMENT QUIZ

1. Nitrogen Gas returns to the atmosphere by the

action of

Denitrifying
bacteria

Nitrogen fixing
bacteria

ammonia

Nitrate Fertilizer

2. A molecule of nitrogen which you have

just breathed in,may have been part of a
dinosaur that lived million years ago . This
illustrates the principle that
Dead animal may be fossilized
Molecules of cytoplasm may be replaced by
oganic salts
Nitrogen does not combine readily with other
element
Decay bacteria cycle element
Nitrogen forms part of the protiens of plants
and animals

3. The sequence of energy flow through a food

chain is

Primary consumers producers higher

order consumers
Producers higher order consumers Primary consumers
Higher order consumers - Primary
consumers - Producers
Primary consumers - Higher order
consumers
Producers
Producers - Primary consumers - Higher
order consumers

4. In a terristrial ecosystem , the tropic level that

would contain the largest biomass would contain
the largest biomass would be the

producer

Primary
consumers

Secondary
comsumers

decomposers

5. A carrot plant is exposed to carbondioxide containing

radioactive carbon for 24 hr . After this exposure ,the
carrot roots are found to be radioactivity . These carrots
are then fed to rabbit . One week later,the rabitts tissue
tested for radioactivity and is found to have a higher
then normal background count . Which biogeochemical
cycle is apparent from this study ?
Oxygen

Carbon

Water

Nitrogen

6. The rate of growht of a natural

population
Always reaches the carrying capacity of the
ecosystem

Is limited the carrying capacity of the

ecosystem
When graphed,always has a positive slope
Exceeds the death rate and migration rate

7. In the past decade,which of the following has NOT been a

major cause of the increase in the world population.

Longer life span

Lower infant
mortality

Increase in birth
rate

Improved
santination

8. Which one of the following has not a functional

unit in ecosystem ?

Productivity

Decomposation

Energy Flow

Stratifaction

9. The upright pyramid of number is

absent in

Lake

Grassland

Pond

Forest

10. Which only of the following is not

a gaseous biochemical cycle in
ecosystem
?

Nitrogen cycle

Carbon cycle

Phosphorus
cycle

Sulphur cycle

11. Given below is an

imaginary pyramid of
numbers. What could be
one of the possiblities
about certain organisms
at some of the different
levels ?
Level one PP is pipal
trees and the level SC
sheep
Level one PP is
hytoplanktons in sea
and whale on top
level TC

Level one PC is rats

and the level SC cats
Level PC is insects and
level SC is small
insectivorous birds

12. Identify the possible link A in the following

food chain
Plant insectfrogA
Eagle

Wolf

Parrot

Rabbit

Cobra

13. The type of ecosystemwith the

highest mean plant productivity is :

Tropical Rain
Forest

Temprate
Grassland

Desert

Tundra

14. In an aquatic ecosystem,the tropic level

equivalent to cows in grasslands is :

Zooplankton

Nekton

Phytoplankton

Benthos

15. The final stable community in

ecological succession is _________
Climax

Sere

Pioneers

Carnivores

16. An ecosystem which can be easily damaged

but can recover after some time if damageing
effect stops will be having ________________ .

High Stability
and high
resilience

Low Stability
and low
resilience

High Stability
and low
resilience

Low Stability
and high
resilience

17. Typical levels in ecosystem is formed by

____

Only
Herbivores

Only Plants

Only Bacteria

Organisms
linked in food
chain

18. Complete competitors cannot

coexist is true for ...

Primary succession

Secondary
seccession

Competitive
exclusion

Charecter
Displacement

19. Bell shaped polygonal pyramid

indicates

Low Percentage
of yonger youth

Moderate
Percentage of
yonger youth

High
Percentage of
yonger youth

Low Percentage
of older youth

20. Theage of pyramid with board

base indicates

Low Percentage
of yonger youth

Moderate
Percentage of
yonger youth

High
Percentage of
yonger youth

Low Percentage
of older youth

21. Which one of the following ecosystem types

has the highest annual net primary productivity ?

Tropical
deciduous
forest

Temperate
deciduous
forest

Tropical rain
forest

Temperate
evergreen
forest

22. A renewable exhaustible natural

resource is :

Petroleum

Coal

Minirals

Forest

23. When the two ecosystems overlap

each other,the area is called ............

Habitat

Ecotone

Niche

Ecotype

24. Which of the following ecosystem type has

the highest annual net primary productivity ?

Grasslands

Mangroves

Equatorial rain
forest

Coral reef

25. In ___ Food Chain, Dead Organic Matter

is serve as Principle energy input .

Detritivores

Producers

Producers and
detritivores

Non of this

26. Which of the following is correctly

matched ?

Butterflycamouflage

House lizard autotomy

garden lizard
-mimicry

All of the above

27. consider the following list of

factors

Soil

Water

Air

dispersal

28. About 70% of total global carbon

is found in

Forest

River

Land and
desert

Ocean

29. Which of the animals may occupy more than

one trophic levels in the same ecosystem at the
same time ?

Goat

Crow

Sparrow

Lion

30. Which of the following statement

is correct for secondary succession ?
It is similar to primary succession except that it has
a relatively fast pace
It occurs on a deforested site
Both
Non of the above

31. Total amount of living material at he various

trophic levels of a food chain is depicted by
pyramids of

Biomass

Number

Humans

All of the above

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