CH -1 Ecosystem

Content
• Introduction - Ecosystem
• Structure of Ecosystem, Biotic and Abiotic component.
• Food Chain and Food Web
• Terrestrial Ecosystem and Aquatic Ecosystem
• Carbon, Nitrogen, Sulphur, Phosphorus Cycle.
• Global Warming – Causes, Effects, Green house effects, Ozone Depletion.
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Q.No. Questions

01 Where plants and animals live in aquatic ecosystems?

a) Water
b) Land
c) Air
d) Fire

02 Which is the largest ecosystem on Earth?

a) Desert
b) Forest
c) Grassland
d) Oceans

03 Which is the simplest aquatic ecosystem?

a) Pond
b) Stream
c) Lake
d) Marine

04 Which is the largest scale of biodiversity?

a) Species diversity
b) Genetic diversity
c) Cell diversity
d) Ecological diversity

05 How many parts are there in the forest ecosystem?

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

06 On which factor forest type is mainly dependent?

a) Abiotic
 b) Size of the forest
c) Shape of trees
d) Products from the trees
07 What is a food chain?
a) A long chain made of food
b) Process of preparing food
c) Food where locked by chain
d) Pathway that energy and nutrients flow through the ecosystem

08 What role human plays in food chains?

a) Producers
b) Consumers
c) Humans do not involve in food chains
d) Decomposers
09 Why do all food chains start with plants?
a) Because plants are easily grown
b) Because plants are nutritious
c) Because plants can produce its own energy
d) Because plants do not require energy
10 Which of the following condition is true about food chain?
a) Provide more energy for next trophic level
b) Provides food for succeeding organisms
c) Consume energy from next trophic level
d) Do not pass energy to next trophic level

11 Carrot->rabbit->fox is an example of_______________________

a) Food web
b) Food chain
c) Food cycle
d) Food round

12 Which of the following organisms begins marine food chains?

a) Phytoplankton
b) Fishes
c) Zooplankton
d) Corals

13 What is called for the diagram that shows how food chain linked together into more
complex feeding relationship?
a) Food web
b) Food chain
c) Food circle
d) Food triangle

14 Which of the following is the highest trophic level organism in grassland food web?
a) Grass
b) Grasshopper
 c) Lizard
d) Hawk

15 Which one of the following cause global warming?

a) Carbon dioxide
b) Oxygen
c) Nitrogen
d) Hydrogen

16 Which one of the following cause global warming?

a) Radiative forcing
b) Earth gravitation force
c) Oxygen
d) Centripetal force

17 What is the main reason for melting of ice sheets?

a) Increase in the oxygen content
b) Global warming
c) Decrease in carbon dioxide content
d) Noise pollution

18 When do greenhouse gases cause global warming?

a) When their concentration is enhanced
b) When their concentration is decreased
c) When there are no greenhouse gases
d) When greenhouse gas released in balance way

19 Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

a) Water vapor
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Methane
d) Ethane

20 Which one of the following is the reason for a sea level rise?
a) Depression of sea water
b) Expansion of sea water
c) Due to heavy rainfall
d) Due to low rainfall

21 What is the estimation range of the global mean sea level rise by the year 2100?
a) 0-10 cm
b) 4-45 cm
c) 9-88 cm
d) 14-123 cm
How food production reduced due to climate change?
a) Due to application of organic manures
b) Due to modern technologies
 c) Due to increase in pests
d) Due to reduced in pollution
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Important Question

Sr. Questions Answers

1 Ammonium (NH4) stays in soil, while nitrate (NO3) is
NH4has a positive charge and
easily leached out. Why do they behave so differently?
sticks to soil particles.
2 An _______ consists of biotic and abiotic components. 
Ecosystem

3 Depletion of ozone layer causes  ______ cancer. Skin

4 Due to absence of photosynthesis, deep oceans is rich in Minerals
5 Earth is protected from harmful effects of ultraviolet
Ozone layer
radiations by ___________
6 Ecological pyramid  _______ in shape. Triangular
7 Ecosystems are of ________and _______types.  Aquatic and terrestrial 
8 Forests are part of ------- ecosystem. Terrestrial
9 Full form of CFC is ______ Chlorofluorocarbon
10 Increasing temperature of
Green house effect means__________
earth
11 Green house gases mainly causes Global warming
12 Hawk act as _______ consumer in grazer food chain. Tertiary
13 Highest sink of carbon dioxide is in ______ Ocean
14 How many types of aquatic ecosystems are there? Two
15 In an ecosystem energy is _______ flows
16 In ecological pyramid primary producers are shown at
Top
_______
17 In the presence of sun and water _______ produces
Producer 
food.
18 Largest ecosystem on Earth is_______ Oceans
19 Man engineered ecosystem like urban, industrial etc is Artificial
 _______ ecosystem
20 Nitrogen is absorbed by the plants in the form of  Ammonium
21 Once bacteria have fixed nitrogen, it can be taken up by
plants and animals, where it is used in the production Proteins
of_______
22 Phosphorous does not travel through which of the
Atmosphere
following sphere?
23 Most phosphorous in nature is
Phosphorous is difficult for plants and animals to access
stored in the form of
in nature because
reservoirs.
24 Pick out the abiotic component from the following.  Water
25 The following is an example of lentic ecosystem. Pond
26 The following is an example of Terrestrial Biome Tropical rain forest
27 The hydrological cycle is related to Biosphere
28 The interconnected food chain form ________ Food web
29 Chlorine molecule destroying
The ozone depletion process is due to
ozone molecules
30 Breakdown of organic
The role of bacteria in carbon cycle is
compounds
31 The system resulting from the integration of all the
Ecosystem
living and non-living factors of the environment is 
32 The Tajmahal,India gate and other famous heritage
Air pollution
monuments are being affected by  
33 Tundra is example of _______ type of ecosystem. Terrestrial
34 What type of food chain is it?
Dead animal - Bacteria - Insects - Frog - Snake. Detritus food chain
 
35 Where can we find both running water as well as
Freshwater ecosystems
stagnant water?
36 Which of the following chemical is responsible for the
Refrigerants 
depletion of stratospheric ozone layer?
37 Which of the following is absent in acid rain ? Acetic acid
38 _______ is sedimentary cycle Phosphorous cycle
39 ________ is not the reason of green house effect. Forestation
40 ________ is not the source of carbon to plants in the
Phosphate rock
carbon cycle.
41 ________ is present in maximum amount in acid rain. Sulfuric acid
42 ________ is the most common way that nitrogen
Nitrogen fixing bacteria
fixation occurs.