Ecosystem: Biotic and Abiotic

This is an MCQ-based quiz on the topic of Ecosystem: Biotic and Abiotic.

This includes Structure of Ecosystem, Biotic Components, Abiotic Components, Terrestrial Ecosystem, Aquatic Ecosystem, Ecological Pyramids, Ecological Succession, and many more.

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In an ecosystem, which one of the following types of entities occupies more than one trophic level?

Frog Phytoplankton Zooplankton Fish

The rate at which food energy is assimilated at the trophic level of consumers is known as

Gross primary productivity Net primary productivity Secondary productivity None of the above

This entity will be the first one to colonize a bare rock

Herbs and shrubs Annual plants Lichens Perennial plants

This ecosystem has the maximum biomass

Grassland ecosystem Pond ecosystem Lake ecosystem Forest ecosystem

At the producer level, if 20J of energy is trapped, then how much energy will be available to a peacock as food in the subsequent chain?                                                                                                                                                      Plant -> Mice -> Snake -> Peacock

0.2 J 0.02 J 0.002 J 0.0002 J

During ecological succession ________.

Types and numbers of animals remain constant

Establishment of a new biotic community is fast in its primary phase

Predictable and gradual changes in species composition take place in a given area

Changes lead to a community that is in near equilibrium with the environment and is referred to as pioneer community

________ are the primary producers of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystem.

Blue-green algae

Coral reefs

Chemosynthetic bacteria

Green algae

Limitations of ecological pyramids involve all these statements, except

They assume a simple food chain and do not consider food webs

In the ecological pyramids, saprotrophs are not given any place

They do not take into account the same species belonging to two or more trophic levels

They do not represent relationships between organisms at different trophic levels

In an ecosystem, Secondary consumers are

Plants

Herbivores

Carnivores

Omnivores

An ecosystem does not include?

Solar Energy

Materials from outside

Chemical Energy

Food Energy

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Ecosystem: Biotic and Abiotic
Questions: 10
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