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An ______ can be visualised as a functional unit of nature, where living organisms interact among themselves and also with the surrounding physical environment

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Ecosystem

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Ecosystems are divided into two basic categories, namely:

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Terrestrial and aquatic

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Examples of terrestrial ecosystem are:

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Forest, grassland and desert

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Pond, Lake, weland, river and estuary are included in which category of ecosystem?

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Aquatic

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Name two man-made ecosystems

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Crop fields and aquarium

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Transfer of energy in an ecosystem occurs through _______ and ______

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Food chains/webs; nutrient cycling

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Interaction of ______ and ______ components result in a physical structure that is characteristic for each type of ecosystem

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Biotic; abiotic

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Vertical distribution of different species occupying different levels is called?

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stratification

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_______ occupy top vertical strata or layer of a forest

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trees

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Bottom vertical strata of a forest is occupied by ______ and _____

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Herbs; grasses

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The abiotic components of a pond are _____ and ____

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Water; soil

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Phytoplanktons, algae and plants are the ____ components of the pool

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autotropic

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_______ is a consumer of the pond ecosystem

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Zooplankton

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The decomposers of the pond ecosystem are _____, ______ and _______

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Fungi; bacteria; flagellates

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In an ecosystem, inorganic material is converted into organic material with the help of ______ energy of the sun by the autotroph

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radiant

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In an ecosystem, _____ are consumed by heterotroph

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autotrophs

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There is unidirectional movement of energy towards the _____ trophic levels in an ecosystem

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higher

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Constant input of which energy is the basic requirement for any ecosystem to function and sustain is

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Solar energy

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The amount of biomass or organic matter produced per unit area over a time period by plants during photosynthesis is called :

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Primary production

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Primary production is expressed in terms of:

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Weight(gm^-2) or energy (kcal m^-2)

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The rate of biomass productivity is called:

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productivity

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Productivity is expressed in terms of:

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gm^-2 yr^-1 or (kcal m^-2)yr^-1

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_________ productivity of an ecosystem is the rate of production of organic matter during photosysnthesis

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Gross primary productivity (GPP)

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Gross primary productivity minus respiratory losses is equal to

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Net primary productivity (NPP)

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______ productivity is the available biomass for the consumption of heterotrophs
Net primary productivity (NPP)
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The rate of formation of new organic matter by consumers is called?
Secondary productivity
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The annual net primary productivity of the whole biosphere is approximately _____ tons (dry weight) of organic matter
170 billion tons
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The productivity of the oceans in biosphere are only _____ tons
55 billion tons
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_______ help in thr breakdown of complex organic matter as well as in loosening of the soil
Earthworms
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Decomposers breakdown complex organic matter into inorganic substances like carbon dioxide, water and nutrients and the process I'd called?
decomposition
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The raw material for decomposition is called:
detritus
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The important steps in the process of decomposition are:
Fragmentation, leaching, catabolism, humification and mineralisation
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The process of breaking down detritus into smaller particles is called:
fragmentation
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The process by which water-soluble inorganic nutrients go down into the soil horizon and get precipitated as unavailable salts is called?
Leaching
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During the process of catabolism in decomposition, detritus is degraded into simpler inorganic substances by ______ and ______
Bacterial; fungal enzymes
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During decomposition, fragmentation, leaching and catabolism take place on:
detritus
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Humification and mineralisation occur during decomposition in the _____
soil
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Humification leads to accumulation of dark coloured amorphous substances called:
humus
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Humus is highly resistant to _____ action
microbial
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Humus serves as a reservoir of nutrients due to its ____ nature
colloidal
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The humus is degraded by microbes and inorganic nutrients are released by the process known as
mineralisation
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Atmospheric gas required for decomposition is:
oxygen
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The rate of decomposition is controlled by chemical composition of _____ and climatic factors
detritus
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In a particular climatic condition, decomposition rate is slower if detritus is rich in ____ and _____
Lignin; chitin
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In a particular climatic condition, decomposition rate is quicker if detritus is rich in ____ and _____
Nitrogen; water-soluble substances (such as sugar)
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The two most important climatic factors that regulate the process of decomposition are:
Temperature and soil moisture
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Warm and moist environment _____ the rate of decomposition
increases
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Low temperature and _____ inhibit the process of decomposition
anaerobiosis
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Which part of the incident solar radiation is captured by autotrophs?
Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
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Plants capture only _____ of Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
2% to 10%
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The green plant in the ecosystem are called:
producers
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In a ______ ecosystem, major producers are herbaceous and woody plants
terrestial
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Major producers of aquatic ecosystem are various species like ___, ____ and ____
Phytoplankton; algae and higher plants
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Food chains/ webs are formed because of the _____ of food among organism
interdependency
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Death of organism is the beginning of the ____ food chain/ web?
Detritus food chain/ web
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When animals consume plants directly, they are called ___ consumers.
primary
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When animals eat other animals which in turn eat the plants, they are called ______ consumers
Secondary consumers
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______ are some common herbivores of aquatic system
Molluscs
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Animals that depend on the primary carnivores for food are called?
Secondary carnivores
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The consumers that feed on herbivores are called ______ carnivores but ______ consumers
Primary; secondary
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________ organisms are decomposers in terms of mode of nutrition?
Heterotropic organism
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Decomposers are also known as :
Saprotrophs
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In a terrestrial ecosystem, a much larger fraction of energy flows through the detritus food chain than through the ______
Grazing food chain
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Some of the organisms of _______ are prey to the _____ animals.
Detritus food chain; Grazing food chain
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In a natural ecosystem, some animals like cockroaches, are omnivores. These natural interconnection of food chains make it a _________
Food web
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Based on the source of their nutrition or food, organism occupy a specific place in the food chain that is known as their ______
Tropic level
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_________ belongs to first tropic level
Producers
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________ belongs to the first tropic level, _____ to the second and ______ to the third .
Producers; herbivores; Carnivores
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The amount of energy _______ at successive tropic levels
decreases
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Each tropic level has a certain mass of living material at a particular time called as the:
Standing crop
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The biomass of a species is expressed in terms of fresh or _______
Dry weight
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Only ____ per cent of the energy is transferred to each tropic level from the lower tropic level
10 per cent
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Food and energy relationship between organism is expressed in terms of ______, ______ or _____
Number; biomass; energy
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The base of each pyramid represents the _____
producers
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The base of a pyramid is broad and it narrows towards the ______
apex
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Energy at a lower tropic level of a food chain is always ______ than at a higher tropic level
more
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The pyramid of biomass in ____ is inverted
sea
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Pyramid of biomass in sea is inverted because biomass of _____ exceeds that of phytoplanktons
fishes
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Pyramid of ____ is always upright
energy
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Which pyramid does not take into account food webs?
Ecological
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The organisms which are not given any place in ecological pyramids are:
saprophytes
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Mark A, B and C in the following diagram.
A) food web; B) leach; C) decomposition
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Mark A, B, C and D in the following diagram.
A) Tertiary consumer; B) Birds, fishes, wolf; C) Primary consumer; D) Phytoplankton, grass, trees
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Mark A, B, C and D in the following diagram.
A) Plants; B) Herbivores; C) Carnivores; D) Top carnivores
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Identify the type of pyramid in a grassland ecosystem in the figure
Pyramid of numbers
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Identify the type of pyramid in the figure
Pyramid of biomass
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Identify the type of pyramid in the figure
Pyramid of energy
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Mark A, B, C, D and E in the following figure
A) Consumers; B) Detritus; C) Decomposition; D) Weathering; E) Rock minerals

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