Which of the following changes would not result in an increase in net primary production?
(1) Increased precipitation in an and area
(2) Increased soil fertility
(3) Increased latitude (moving from the equator toward the poles)
(4) Moving down a mountain to warmer temperatures
Grasslands can support greater grazing rates by herbivores than forests because:
(1) Grasslands receive more sunlight
(2) The net production of grasslands is greater
(3) Grasslands produce less woody plant tissue
(4) More of the grassland production is above ground
The amount of energy reaching an upper trophic level is determined by:
1. Net primary production
2. Net primary production and the efficiencies with which food energy is converted to biomass
3. Gross primary production
4. Gross primary production and the efficiencies with which food energy is converted to biomass
Fill in the blanks, in the following simplified model of a nutrient cycle:
1 2 3 4 5
(1) Producers Detritus Soil solution Decomposition Weathering
(2) Producers Detritus Soil solution Weathering Decomposition
(3) Producers Soil solution Detritus Decomposition Weathering
(4) Producers Soil solution Detritus Weathering Decomposition
Which of the following is/are incorrect:
A. All ecosystems are constant in size
B. In nature food chains exist, not food web
C. Flow of energy in ecosystem is unidirectional
D. Gene flow occurs between 2 different population (of 2 species)
(1) A, C
(2) A, D
(3) A, B, D
(4) A, B, C, D
The important step in the process of decomposition in order is:
1. | Catabolism → Fragmentation → Leeching → Humification → Mineralization |
2. | Catabolism → Fragmentation → Humification → Leeching → Mineralization |
3. | Fragmentation → Humification → Catabolism → Leeching → Mineralization |
4. | Fragmentation → Leeching → Catabolism → Humification → Mineralization |
Which of the following is false?
I. Quantity of biomass in a trophical level at a particular period is called standing crop.
II. The energy content in a trophic level is determined by considering a few individuals of a species in that trophic level.
III. The succession that occurs in nearly cooled lava is called primary succession.
IV. Rate of succession is faster in the secondary succession
V. Phytoplankton are the pioneers in aquatic succession
(1) Only II
(2) Only III
(3) Only V
(4) Only I and IV
The amount of biomass or organic matter produced per unit area over -a time period by plants during photosynthesis is called primary production, which is expressed as:
(1) g m−2
(2) kcal m−2
(3) (kcal m−2) yr−1
(4) Both (1) and (2)
During the stages of succession in a given ecosystem the following changes in characteristics may be observed:
Characteristic | Stages in ecosystem development | |
Early | Late | |
A. Total matter | Low | High |
B. Species diversity | Low | High |
C. Size of organism | Small | Large |
D. Productivity | Low | High |
E. Food chains | Short | Long |
Which one of the characteristics, A, B, C, D or E is responsible for the apparent high degree of stability associated with a climax ecosystem?
(1) B
(2) D
(3) A
(4) E
Some of the stages in the hydrarch are labelled as:
A. Marsh meadow stage
B. Reed swamp stage
C. Submerged plant stage
D. Phytoplankton stage
E. Submerged free floating plant stage
Identify the choice that represents the correct sequence of these stages:
(1) D, C, E, B and A
(2) C, E, A, B and D
(3) B, D, C, A and E
(4) D, E, C, B and A