DPP - 2

NAME - Ecological Pyramids , Ecological

Succession , Nutrient Cycle , Ecosystem Services

BY SEEP PAHUJA
1. Which of the following trophic levels are occupied by sparrow?
(1) Primary consumer, primary producer
(2) Secondary consumer, top carnivore
(3) Primary producer, secondary producer
(4) Primary consumer, secondary consumer
2. Which of the following organisms were not given any place in ecological pyramids?
(1) Working at several trophic levels
(2) Decomposers
(3) Parasites
(4) More than one option is correct
3. Which of the following food chain shows spindle shaped pyramid of number?
4. In hydrarch succession, reed swamp stage is preceded by
(1) Forest community
(2) Scrub stage
(3) Sedge meadow stage
(4) Floating stage
5. Ecological succession is ______ and ______ change in species composition.
(1) Orderly and sequential
(2) Unpredictable and orderly
(3) Gradual and unsequential
(4) Sequential and disorderly
6. Pioneer community established on a bare rock is
(1) Mosses
(2) Lichens
(3) Phytoplanktons
(4) Higher plants
7. Succession proceeds from
8. Choose the correct change during ecological succession.
(1) Total biomass decreases
(2) Decomposers also change
(3) Low degree of diversity
(4) Humus content decreases
9. Initial seral stages in succession
(1) Possess low diversity
(2) Have higher biomass
(3) More numerous in secondary succession
(4) Show maximum niche specialisation
10. Area where succession can take several thousands years to reach climax community
is
(1) Burnt and cut forest
(2) Sand dunes
(3) Flooded land
(4) Abandoned farm lands
11. Choose the correct sequence of transitional communities in Xerarch succession.
12. Carbon constitutes ______ of dry weight of organism and ______ percentage is
dissolved in oceans out of total global carbon.
(1) 49%, 71%
(2) 71%, 49%
(3) 49%, 49%
(4) 71%, 71%
13. Choose odd one out w.r.t. gaseous cycle.
(1) Carbon
(2) Hydrogen
(3) Nitrogen
(4) Phosphorus
14. Choose incorrect option for the cost distribution of ecosystem services.
(1) Soil formation – 50%
(2) Nutrient cycling – > 10%
(3) Climate regulation – 6%
(4) Habitat for wildlife – 6%
15. According to Robert Constanza average price tag for ecosystem services is
(1) US $ 18 trillion
(2) US $ 33 trillion
(3) US $ 180 trillion
(4) US $ 13 trillion
Answer key
1. -4
2. -4
3. -3
4. -4
5. -1
6. -2
7. -4
8. -2
9. -1
10. -2
11. -3
12. -1
13. - 4
14. - 2
15. -2