Ecosystem
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1) Define ecosystem.
2) Explain about the temporary and permanent ecosystems with
examples.
3) Explain about the functions of the photoautotrophic organisms.
4) Define transducers in an ecosystem.
5) What are consumers? Give an example for each type of consumers.
6) Explain the role of producers and consumers in an ecosystem.
7) ‘Decomposers play a vital and significant role in an ecosystem’. Justify.
8) Differentiate between decomposers and scavengers.
9) Explain about the role of decomposers in an ecosystem.
10) Differentiate between biotic and abiotic components of ecosystem.
11) How does the following factors affect the abiotic components?
a) Inorganic components b) Climatic factors.
12) Give reasons for the following:
a) Consumers are also known as heterotrophs.
b) Sun is the ultimate source of energy.
13) Explain the importance of any two abiotic components in an
ecosystem.
14) Explain about the succulent plants and their characteristics.
15) Explain the role of wind as an abiotic component in ecosystem.
16) “Water is importance for animal life and plant life”. Justify the
statement by giving two reasons.
17) Give any two points of importance of soil in ecosystem.
18) What are the advantages of the loose soil for a plant?
19) Define food chain.
20) Explain the flow of energy in a food chain.
21) Define food web. What are the features of a food web?
22) Give any two characteristic features of a food web.
23) Give any two advantages of a food web in ecosystem.
24) Differentiate between a food chain and a food web.
25) What is an ecological pyramid? How are they classified?
26) Explain the ten percent law in an ecosystem with an example.
27) “Plants are dependent on animals”. Justify your answer by giving two
examples.
28) Explain the symbiotic nutrition with an example.
29) “Plants and animals are interdependent on each other. Justify the
statement with one suitable example.
30) What is meant by parasitism? Explain with examples.
31) Differentiate between totally parasitic and partially parasitic plants.
32) Explain about the ecological balance maintained in environment.
33) What do you mean by omnivores? Give one example.
34) Differentiate between omnivores and carnivores.
35) “Forests are called the green lungs of nature”. Explain.
36) Explain the balance maintained by the plants between oxygen and
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
37) How do plants depend on animals for nutrition?
38) Given below is a food chain, study the food chain carefully and answer
the following questions:
a) Define food chain.
b) How is a food chain different from a food web?
c) Give any two characteristic features of a food chain.
d) Explain about the energy flow in a food chain.
e) Explain the steps in the above food chain in the figure.