Primary producers near deep-sea vents are:
1. Chemohetrotrophic prokaryotes
2. Chemoauotrophic prokaryotes
3. Photosynthetic prokaryotes
4. Photosynthetic autotrophs
Decomposers like fungi and bacteria are :
i. | Autotrophs |
ii. | Heterotrophs |
iii. | Saptrotrophs |
iv. | Chemo-autotrophs |
Choose the correct answer :
1. | i and ii | 2. | i and iv |
3. | ii and iii | 4. | i and iii |
An inverted pyramid of biomass can be found in which ecosystem?
1. | Forest | 2. | Marine |
3. | Grassland | 4. | Tundra |
Which of the following is not a producer?
1. | Spirogyra | 2. | Agaricus |
3. | Volvox | 4. | Nostoc |
Which of the following ecosystems is most productive in terms of net primary production?
1. | Deserts | 2. | Tropical rainforests |
3. | Oceans | 4. | Estuaries |
Approximately how much of the solar energy that falls on the leaves of a plant is converted to chemical energy by photosynthesis?
1. | Less than 1% | 2. | 2-10 % |
3. | 30 % | 4. | 50 % |
How much of the net primary productivity of a terrestrial ecosystem is eaten and digested by herbivores?
1. | 1% | 2. | 10% |
3. | 40% | 4. | 90% |
Among the following bio-geo-chemical cycles, which one does not have losses due to respiration?
1. Phosphorus
2. Nitrogen
3. Sulphur
4. All of the above
The sequence of communities of primary succession in water is :
1. | Phytoplankton, sedges, free-floating hydrophytes, rooted hydrophytes, grasses, and trees. |
2. | Phytoplankton, free-floating hydrophytes, rooted hydrophytes, sedges, grasses, and trees. |
3. | Free-floating hydrophytes, sedges, phytoplankton, rooted hydrophytes, grasses, and trees. |
4. | Phytoplankton, rooted submerged hydrophytes, floating hydrophytes, reed swamp, sedges, meadow, and trees. |
Which of the following type of ecosystem is expected in an area where evaporation exceeds precipitation, and mean annual rainfall is below 100 mm?
1. Grassland
2. Shrubby forest
3. Desert
4. Mangrove