Q. No.The phenomenon of character displacement is seen in:
1. sympatric species
2. allopatric species
3. primary succession
4. secondary succession
1. sympatric species
2. allopatric species
3. primary succession
4. secondary succession
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
A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance is called as:
| 1. | keystone species | 2. | niche |
| 3. | competitor | 4. | predator |
Competitors can coexist indefinitely only by:
| 1. | niche differentiation | 2. | contest competition |
| 3. | interference competition | 4. | scramble competition |
Population size is unlikely to be limited by:
| 1. | predation | 2. | commensalism |
| 3. | competition | 4. | brood parasitism |
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 |
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
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
Study the four statements (a-d) given below and select the two correct ones out of them:
| (a) | A lion eating a deer and a sparrow feeding on grain are ecologically similar in being consumers |
| (b) | Predator starfish pisaster helps in maintaining species diversity of some invertebrates |
| (c) | Predators ultimately lead to the extinction of prey species |
| (d) | Production of chemicals such as nicotine, strychnine by the plants are metabolic disorders |
The two correct statements are:
| 1. | (c) and (d) | 2. | (a) and (d) |
| 3. | (a) and (b) | 4. | (b) and (c) |
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