01) Which one of the following is not a gaseous biogeochemical cycle in an ecosystem?

a) Carbon cycle
b) Phosphorous cycle
c) Sulphur cycle
d) Nitrogen cycle

02) Transfer of energy from source of plants through a series of organism is known as ________________

a) Food web
b) Energy cycle
c) Food chain
d) Biological system

03) The type of ecosystem with the highest mean plant productivity is _______________

a) Tundra
b) Temperate grassland
c) Desert
d) Tropical rain forest

04) In ecosystem standing crop refers to________________

a) All the green plants

b) All the non living materials
c) All living and dead animals
d) All the living materials both animals and plants

05) An ecosystem which can be easily damaged but can be recovered after some time if damaging effect stops
will be having ____________________

a) High stability and high resilience

b) High stability and low resilience
c) Low stability and low resilience
d) Low stability and high resilience

06) Which ecosystem produces the highest annual net primary productivity?

a) Tropical evergreen forest

a) Tropical rain forest
b) Tropical deciduous forest
c) Temperate evergreen forest

07) ____________is the term used to describe the variety of life found on Earth and all of the natural processes.

a) Biodiversity
b) Ecosystem
c) Biosphere
d) Ecology
08) Which of the following is not the value of biodiversity?

a) Social use
b) Aesthetical use
c) Environmental use
d) Moral

09) The biodiversity contained in the ecosystem provides forest dwellers with all their daily needs is _____use
value.

a) Ethical and Moral

b) Consumptive
c) Aesthetical
d) Social

10) The initiative of biodiversity assessment focuses on which ecosystem types:

a) Forest
b) wetland
c) Marine
d) All of the above

11) Which of the following is not a Cause of biodiversity losses?

a) Over exploitation
b) Eco-friendly
c) Co-extinction
d) Habitat loss and fragmentation

12) Marketable products such as animal skins, ivory, medicinal plants, honey, etc comes under_______.

a) Productive value
b) Consumptive value
c) Aesthetic value
d) Social value

13) _______called the ‘lungs of the planet’.

a) Sahyadry rain forest

b) Kankan rain forest
c) Amazon rain forest
d) South Africa rain forest

14) Which leads to over- exploitation of natural resources?

a) Greed
b) Eco-friendly
c) Need
d) All of the above
15) Which of the following is not an important hot spot in India?

a) Himalayan
a) b)Western ghat
b) Indo-Berma
c) Central ghat

16) What flows through the ecosystem while matter cycles within them?

a) Energy
b) Force
c) Pressure
d) wind

17) The process in which green plants and few organisms use sunlight to synthesize nutrients is known_______

a) Chemosynthesis
b) Photosynthesis
c) Food chain
d) Food web

18) Which type of ecosystem accounts for most of the net primary productivity on earth even though it has a low
average net primary productivity?

a) Tropical rain forest

b) desert
c) Tropical evergreen forest
d) Ocean

19) What makes plant producers?

a) Plants produce their own food

b) Plants depend on other organisms for food
c) Plants are decomposers
d) Plants do not require any energy

20) Into how many areas the energy that is received by organisms during energy transfer is converted?

a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

20) The area to which a species is biologically adapted to live is known as--------------

a) Niche
b) Habitat
c) Succession
d) All of the above
21) A set of organisms that resemble one another in appearance and behavior is called a --------------

a) Exons
b) Prions
c) Species
d) None of the above

22) Habitat of Dog Fish is

a) River
b) Pond
c) Lake
d) Sea

23) The destruction of habitat of plants and animals is called

a) endemism
b) endangered species
c) habitant loss
d) flood

24) Each organism in an ecosystem is at a specific feeding stage called as the ----

a) Climax level
b) Producer level
c) Trophic level
d) Consumptive level

25) Zoos are examples for

a) insitu conservation
b) in vivo conservation
c) exsitu conservation
d) exvivo conservation

26) Study of inter-relationship between organisms and their environment is

a) Ecology
b) Ecosystem
c) Phytogeography
d) Ethology

27) How is the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere connected ?

a) Hydrological cycle
b) Nitrogen cycle
c) Oxygen cycle
d) Carbon cycle
28) An ecosystem consist of

a) Green plants and animals

b) Green plants and decomposers
c) Producers and consumers
d) Green plants, animals, decomposers and abiotic environment

29) An ecosystem gradually merges with an adjoining one through a transitional zone called the ---------

a) ecological niche
b) ecological footprint
c) ecotone
d) Biodiversity loss

30) Driving force in an ecosystem is

a) a)Plants
b) Producers
c) Solar energy
d) Biomass energy

31) Which of the following is a possible producer in an ecosystem?

a) Plants
b) Animals
c) Human
d) Fish

32) A trophic level refers to:

a) Area in the tropics

b) An organism’s portion in a food chain
c) An organism’s position in an ecosystem
d) An organism’s position in a biome

33) Levels of biodiversity include all but one:

a) Genetics
b) Species
c) Population
d) Ecosystem

34) Which ecological pyramid is always upright?

a) Pyramid of number
b) Pyramid of biomass
c) Pyramid of energy
d) Pyramid of number and biomass
35) The type of diversity including all the different kinds of living things found in a certain habitat is called as:

a) Species diversity
b) Genetic diversity
c) Ecosystem diversity
d) Population diversity

36) Conservation of biodiversity outside the natural habitat is called as:

a) Ex-situ
b) In-situ
c) Conservation
d) In-vivo

37) An ecosystem may not undergo changes because:

a) It is in a state of homeostasis
b) It has plants and animals both
c) It gets solar energy continuously
d) The decomposers are present in it

38) The primary producers in a forest ecosystem are:

a) Chlorophyll containing trees and plants

b) Herbivores
c) Carnivores
a) Bacteria and other micro-organism

39) Energy flow in an ecosystem is always:

a) Unidirectional
b) Cyclic
c) Reversible
d) Multi-directional