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    This document contains a biology DPP (daily practice problem) with 20 multiple choice questions about ecosystems and ecological concepts. The questions cover topics like abiotic vs biotic components, types of ecological pyramids, food chains, primary production, energy flow through ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and the roles of different organisms within ecosystems.

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    Class : XIIth Subject : BIOLOGY

    Date : DPP No. : 1

    Topic :- Ecosystem
    1. Abiotic components refers to
    a) Non-living physico-chemical factors b) Living physico-chemical factors
    c) Gases produced by industries d)Living organisms

    2. Which of the following ecological pyramids can never occur in an inverted from
    a) Pyramid of number b) Pyramid of biomass
    c) Pyramid of energy d)Pyramid of species richness

    3. Identify the correct type of food chain.


    Dead animal → Blow fly maggots → Common frog → Snake
    a) Grazing food chain b) Detrital food chain
    c) Decomposer food chain d)Predator food chain

    4. Which of the following is expected to have the highest value (gm/m2/yr) in a grassland
    ecosystem?
    a) Secondary production (SP) b) Tertiary production (TP)
    c) Gross production (GP) d)Net production (NP)

    5. Ecosystem is
    a) Always open b) Always closed
    c) Both open and closed depending upon d)Both open and closed depending upon
    community biomass

    6. Which of the following pair is a sedimentary type of biogeochemical cycle?


    a) Carbon and nitrogen b) Phosphorus and sulphur
    c) Phosphorus and nitrogen d)Phosphorus and oxygen

    7. Tropical dense forests are due to


    a) Low rainfall and low temperature
    b) High rainfall and low temperature
    c) Low rainfall and high temperature
    d)High rainfall and high temperature

    8. In a lake, phytoplankton grow I abundance in


    a) Littoral zone b) Limnetic zone c) Profundal zone d)Benthic region

    9. At each step of food chain when food energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next
    higher trophic level only about 10% of energy is passed onto next level. This is known as …A…
    given by …B… in …C… . Here A, B and C Refers to
    a) A-Energy flow law, B-Lindeman, C-1942 b) A-10% law, B-Lindeman, C-1942
    c) A-Energy flow law, B-Lipemann, C-1940 d)A-10% law, B-Lipemann, C-1940

    10. The process of accumulation of a dark coloured amorphous substance that is highly resistant to
    microbial action and undergoes decomposition at an extremely slow rate is called
    a) Mineralisation b) Humitication c) Organisation d)Transformation

    11. Total energy fixed by an ecosystem is called


    a) Primary production b) Gross production
    c) Net production d)Secondary production

    12. A detrivore is
    a) Animal feeding on plant matter
    b) Animal feeding on dead and decaying organic matter
    c) A plant feeding on an animal
    d)Animal feeding on another animal

    13. All the animals that depend on plants for food are called
    a) Decomposers b) Root feeders c) Consumers d)Grazers

    14. Regarding the mode of obtaining food, the organisms occurring in an ecosystem are classified
    into plants, animals and microorganisms. These are respectively called
    a) Producer, consumers and decomposers
    b) Primary, secondary and tertiary consumers
    c) Consumers, producer and decomposers
    d)Autotrophs, heterotrophs and producers

    15. Out of the following biogeochemical cycles which one is gaseous?


    I. sulphur II. Phosphorus
    III. nitrogen IV. Carbon
    Choose the correct option
    a) Only I b) Only II c) Only IV d)III and IV

    16. The amount of living matter present in an ecosystem at a given time is called
    a) Biomass b) Standing crop c) Standing state d)Productivity

    17. In a food chain, the maximum population of


    a) Producers b) Primary consumers c) Secondary consumer d)Tertiary consumers
    18. Overlapping region between two ecosystems is called
    a) Biome b) Ecotone c) Niche d)Photic zone

    19. The major functions of an ecosystem includes


    I. productivity II. Decomposition
    III. energy flow IV. Nutrient flow
    Choose the correct option
    a) I, II and III b) II, III and IV c) I, III and IV d)I, II, III and IV

    20. Most diverse organism of an ecosystem is


    a) Producer b) Consumer c) Decomposer d)Carnivore

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