Q 1 :    

Take a look at the picture carefully and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

 

(i) While designing an aquarium what are the things you would like to include to make it a complete ecosystem?

  • Fishes, aquatic plants, pleco fish (algae eating fish), aerator, pebbles, fish food

     

  • Fishes, grass, plants, pleco fish (algae eating fish), fish food.

     

  • Fishes, plants, oxygen pump, food, stones.

     

  • Animals, fishes, plants, oxygen pump, food.

     

(1)

 



Q 2 :    

Take a look at the picture carefully and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

 

(ii) Which one of the following is not a producer?

  • Blue green algae

     

  • Cactus

     

  • Fungi

     

  • Spinach

     

(3)

 



Q 3 :    

Take a look at the picture carefully and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):


 

(iii) Herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and parasites all come under:

  • producers

     

  • consumers

     

  • ecosystem

     

  • food web

     

(2)

 



Q 4 :    

Take a look at the picture carefully and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

 

(iv) Which one is not true about an ecosystem?

  • Ecosystem consists of living and non-living things both.

     

  • Living organisms interact with each other.

     

  • Growth, reproduction, and other activities of living organisms are not affected by the abiotic components of ecosystem.

     

  • A garden is considered an ecosystem.

     

(3)

 



Q 5 :    

Take a look at the picture carefully and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

 

(v) Ecosystems can be of how many types?

  • Two types – man-made and natural

     

  • Two types – terrestrial and aquatic

     

  • Four types – forests, ponds, lakes, and garden

     

  • All of the above

     

(4)

 



Q 6 :    

Study the figure given below and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

 

(i) What is the name of the interrelation shown in this figure?

  • Food chain

     

  • Food web

     

  • Trophic level

     

  • Energy conservation

     

(2)

 



Q 7 :    

Study the figure given below and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

 

(ii) The series of branching lines shown in above figure appears in nature because:

  • the length and complexity of food chains vary.

     

  • each organism is generally eaten by two or more other kinds of organisms.

     

  • straight line food chains are not practically possible.

     

  • all of the above

     

(4)

 



Q 8 :    

Study the figure given below and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

 

(iii) Which one of the following is true for a food web?

  • Food web does not help in stabilising the ecosystem.

     

  • Secondary consumers cannot feed on other species in the event of decrease in population of prey.

     

  • A food web provides alternative pathways of food availability.

     

  • Food webs are straight.

     

(3)

 



Q 9 :    

Study the figure given below and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):.

 

(iv) The main source of energy flowing in any food web is the:

  • animals

     

  • consumer

     

  • primary producer

     

  • sun

     

(4)

 



Q 10 :    

Study the figure given below and answer the following questions from (i) to (v):

 

(v) In the picture shown above concentration of a chemical absorbed from soil is likely to be highest in:

  • wildflowers

     

  • grass

     

  • coyote

     

  • rabbit

     

(3)