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Class VIII
Section
Subject Biology
Topic Ecosystem

1. Study the diagram and answer the following questions:

a) Name the two herbivores from the given food web.

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b) Name the two producers from the food web.
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c) Write about any two examples of competition over food sources that you can
observe in the given food web.
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d) Name any two carnivores from the food web.

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e) Write one food chain with four levels from this diagram of food web.

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2. Study the diagram of pyramid of number and answer the following questions:

a) Each of the level of the food chain is called

_______________ levels.
b) The number of herbivores should be
_________________ than the number of
producers.
c) _______________ percentage of energy
gets transferred from one level to the other of the
food chain.

3. Define the following terms:

a) Environment : ________________________________________________________
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b) Ecosystem: ___________________________________________________________
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c) Habitat: _____________________________________________________________
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 d) Nocturnal Animals:___________________________________________________
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e) Diurnal Animals :____________________________________________________
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4. State one difference between the following:

a) Scavengers and Decomposers
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b) Producers and Consumers

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c) Abiotic and Biotic factors of an Ecosystem

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5. Which of the forest ecosystem does the following animals belong to?

a) Macaw:__________________________________________________________
b) Grizzly bear: ______________________________________________________