MODEL QUESTIONS ON ECOLOGY

1. A group of organisms that resemble one another in appearance

,behavior, chemistry and genetic structure is called a
a) Population
b) Cluster
c) Species
d) Community
2. A group of individuals of the same species occupying a given area at a
given time period is called
a) Population
b) Community
c) Ecosystem
d) Ecological niche
3. In a food chain, the amount of energy transferred from one lower
level to the next higher level
a) Increases
b) No change
c) Decreases
d) None
4. The process in which an individual organism adjusts to a gradual
change in its environment is called
a) Thermoregulation
b) Adaptation
c) Phenotypic plasticity
d) Acclimatization
5. When both partners of a relation are benefitted, it is called
a) Mutualism
b) Commensalism
c) Parasitism
d) Amensalism
6. The type of relationship between nitrogen fixing bacteria and
leguminous plants is
a) commensalism
b) Mutualism
c) Amensalism
d) Parasitism
7. The range of conditions that an organism can tolerate ,the resources
it utilizes, and its functional role in the ecological system is called
a) Ecological Balance
b) Ecological Niche
c) Ecological Range
d) Ecological capacity
8. Which of the following is an example of ephemerals?
a) Nymphaea
b) Cacti
c) Wolffia
d) Salvinia
9. The increase in number of individuals in a population under given
environmental condition is called as
a) Natality
b) Mortality
c) Dispersal
d) None o these
10. Food becomes a limiting factor?
a) when a population is large
b) when theres too much food
c) when a population is small
d) when theres too much water
11. The transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next trophic level
is called a
a) Food web
b) Food net
c) Food chain
d) None of these
12.When one species in an ecosystem is extinct, the other species in the
ecosystem are
a) Benefitted
b) Un affected
c) Become out of balance
d) Die
13.Oligotrophic soil means
a) Soil with high amount of nutrients
b) Soil with high amount of salinity
c) Soil with high amount of water content
d) Soil with low amount of nutrients
14.The spending of winter in dormant condition is called as
a) Camouflage
b) Aestivation
c) Mimicry
d) Hibernation
15.The spending of dry-hot season in an inactive state is known as
a) Aestivation
b) Hibernation
c) Camouflage
d) None of these
16.The species having much greater influence on community
characteristics, relative to their low abundance is called
a) Link species
b) Key stone species
c) Edge species
d) None of these
17.The successive replacement of communities in an area over a period
of time is known as
a) Ecological break
b) Ecological Succession
c) Ecological transition
d) None of these
18. Hydropower, Wind energy, Tidal Energy , Geothermal Energy
etc are examples of
a) Renewable energy resources
b) Non renewable energy resources
c) Exhaustible energy resources
d) None of these
19.Introduction of Exotic species in to an ecosystem results in
a) Formation of new species
b) Disappearance of native species
c) Destruction of the ecosystem
d) None of these
20. Which animal is the symbol of world wildlife fund ?
a) Elephant
b) Polar bear
c) Kangaroo
d) Giant Panda
21.The Red data book conatins
a) The list of species whose existence is threatened
b) The list of rare species
c) The list of extinct species
d) None of these
22. The idea od Ecological pyramids was coined by
a) Charles Christopher Adams
b) Arthur James Cain
c) Franklin MM White
d) Charles Sutherland Elton
23. Which of the following do not contribute to greenhouse effect?
a) Carbon Dioxide
b) Carbon Monoxide
c) Chloro Fluro Carbons
d) Methane
24. The process of nutrient enrichment of water and subsequent
loss of species diversity is called
a) Ecosystem degradation
b) Eutrophication
c) Biological magnification
d) None of the above
25. The transition zone between two communities is known as
a) Edge zone
b) Buffer zone
c) Core zone
d) Ecotone