Number of species in a community is an indicator of its:

1.spatial heterogeneity2.ecosystem productivity
3.species diversity4.species richness

Subtopic:  Population Dynamic |

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Identify the correct statement:

1.  Eutrophic lakes contain fewer nutrients than oligotrophic lakes.
2.  Xerarch succession is a primary succession that occurs in water bodies.
3.  Most ecologists believe that most communities achieve stable, unchanging climax vegetation.
4.  A mature ecosystem has greater species richness, greater biomass, and less net productivity than a younger stage of succession.

Subtopic:  Response of Organisms to Abiotic Factors (OLD NCERT) |

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The phenomenon of character displacement is seen in:
1. sympatric species
2. allopatric species
3. primary succession
4. secondary succession

Subtopic:  Introduction to Ecology |

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A form of mimicry where a harmless species has evolved to imitate the warning signals of a harmful species directed at a predator of them both is called:
1. Mullerian mimicry
2. Batesian mimicry
3. cryptic coloration
4. disruptive coloration

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |

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A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance is called as:

1.keystone species2.niche
3.competitor4.predator

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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Competitors can coexist indefinitely only by:

1.niche differentiation2.contest competition
3.interference competition4.scramble competition

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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Population size is unlikely to be limited by:

1.predation2.commensalism
3.competition4.brood parasitism

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |

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Rapid loss of nutrients from terrestrial ecosystems is not caused by:

1. clear-cutting native forest 2. early seral stages
3. climax communities 4. low diversity
Subtopic:  Abiotic Factors: Light & Water (OLD NCERT) |
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Semelparous organisms:
1. produce young only late in life
2. produce a large batch of young and die
3. produce young over most of their life
4. produce a single offspring near the end of their reproductive potential

Subtopic:  Population Dynamic |

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The consequences of high population density of a population will include all except:
1. toxic waste accumulation
2. an increase in mortality
3. ignorance of overabundant prey by the predators
4. a reduction in reproduction

Subtopic:  Population Characters: Density |

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