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The document is a 5th unit test for a Meliorist Tuition Centre, consisting of multiple-choice questions and short answer questions related to ecological concepts such as secondary succession, energy pyramids, and primary productivity. It assesses students' understanding of ecological terms and processes, including the roles of different species and energy transfer in ecosystems. The test includes questions on specific definitions and comparisons within ecological frameworks.

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5th Unit Test

The document is a 5th unit test for a Meliorist Tuition Centre, consisting of multiple-choice questions and short answer questions related to ecological concepts such as secondary succession, energy pyramids, and primary productivity. It assesses students' understanding of ecological terms and processes, including the roles of different species and energy transfer in ecosystems. The test includes questions on specific definitions and comparisons within ecological frameworks.

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Meliorist Tuition Centre

5th Unit Test


Name :____________________________________________________________________________________ ___

Date :_________ Remark:______________Mark Scored: ______FM-20

1. Which of the following statements is correct for secondary succession?


(a) It begins on a bare rock
(b) It occurs on a deforested area
(c) It follows primary succession
(d) It is similar to primary succession, but has a relatively fast pace
2. Which of the following is called as a detrivore?
(a) An animal feeding on decaying organic matter
(b) An animal feeding on a plant
(c) A plant feeding on an animal
(d) An animal feeding on another animal
3. The pyramid of energy is always upright for any ecosystem. This situation indicates the fact that:
(a) producers have the lowest energy conversion efficiency
(b) carnivores have a better energy conversion efficiency
(c) energy, conversion efficiency is the same in all trophic levels
(d) herbivores have a better energy conversion efficiency than carnivores
4. The last stable community in succession that is in equilibrium with the environment, is called
(a) serai community (b) pioneer community (c) climax community (d) all of these
5. Which of the following is a pioneer species in xerarch succession?
(a) Phytoplanktons (b) Lichens (c) Bryophytes (d) Sedges
6. How much of the net primary productivity of a terrestrial ecosystem is eaten and digested by herbivores?
(a) 1% (b) 10% (c) 40% (d) 90%
7. During the process of ecological succession the changes that take place in communities are :
(a) Orderly and sequential (b) Random (c) Very quick (d) Non of the above
8. An inverted pyramid of biomass can be found in which ecosystem?
(a) Forest (b) Marine (c) Grassland (d) Tundra
9. Approximately how much of the solar energy that falls on the leaves of a plant is converted to chemical
energy by photosynthesis?
(a) Less than 1% (b) 2-10% (c) 30% (d) 50%
10. The 10% energy transfer law of food chain was given by
(a) Tansley (b) Stanley (c) Weismann (d) Lindeman
11. The mass of living material at a trophic level at a particular time is called
(a) Standing rate (b) Gross primary productivity (c) Standing crop (d) Net primary productivity
12. The breakdown of detritus into smaller particles by earthworms is a process called
(a) Catabolism (b) Mineralization (c) Fragmentation (d) Humification
13. Both hydrarch and xerarch succession lead to
a) Excessive wet conditions b) Highly dry conditions c) Xeric conditions d) Medium water conditions
14. Write the name of four important functional aspects of ecosystem. 1
15. What is net primary productivity? 1

16. What is eltonian pyramids? 1

17. Distinguish between gross primary productivity and net primary productivity. 2

18. What is pyramid of number? Draw pyramid of numbers in case of grass ecosystem. 2

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