Q. No.Primary carnivores are, most aptly, characterized as:
1. Secondary producers 2. Primary consumers 3. Secondary consumers 4. Tertiary consumers
The detritus food chain:
| I: | begins with dead organic matter |
| II: | is the major conduit of energy flow in aquatic ecosystem. |
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
In a terrestrial ecosystem, a much larger fraction of energy flows through the:
| 1. | DFC | 2. | GFC |
| 3. | Either of DFC or GFC | 4. | Nither of DFC nor GFC |
In an aquatic food chain, zooplankton occupy which trophic level?
| 1. | First | 2. | Second |
| 3. | Third | 4. | Fourth |
Organisms at each trophic level depend on those at the lower level trophic level for their energy demands except:
| 1. | Primary consumers | 2. | Secondary consumers |
| 3. | Tertiary consumers | 4. | Decomposers |
Each trophic level has a certain mass of living material at a particular time, best called as:
| 1. | Biomass | 2. | Standing state |
| 3. | Standing crop | 4. | Gross productivity |
Approximately, what percent of energy is transferred to each trophic level from the lower trophic level in an ecosystem?
| 1. | 1 | 2. | 10 |
| 3. | 50 | 4. | 90 |
Identify the correct statements:
| I: | Only a few individuals can be taken into account at any trophic level and the deductions may be generalised. |
| II: | Trophic level is a functional level and does not represent a species. |
| III: | A given species may occupy more than one trophic level in the same ecosystem at the same time. |
| 1. | Only I and II | 2. | Only I and III |
| 3. | Only II and III | 4. | I, II, III and IV |
The pyramid of biomass in the sea is generally inverted because:
| 1. | the biomass of fish far exceeds that of phytoplankton at any given time |
| 2. | the major primary production to the sea is actually contributed by the terrestrial ecosystems |
| 3. | the flow of energy level does not follow the laws of thermodynamics in the sea |
| 4. | It is not true. The pyramid of biomass can never be inverted in any ecosystem |
Which of the following pyramids can never be inverted in any ecosystem?
1. Pyramid of numbers
2. Pyramid of biomass
3. Pyramid of energy
4. All ecological pyramids can be inverted
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