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Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A decrease in the combustion of fossil fuels. 3. ..... organisms can live in such an extreme environment. A) Few. B) Many. C) No. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Few. 4. Ecosystem service A) New species that have not been there before, is introduced into an ecosystem. B) The number and relative abundance of species in a biological community. C) A function performed by an ecosystem that directly or indirectly benefits humans. D) Type of succession that occurs in an area that was only partially destroyed by disturbances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A function performed by an ecosystem that directly or indirectly benefits humans. 5. What do you call it when one species benefits and the other species is not really affected in any way? A) Commensalism. B) Predation. C) Parasitism. D) Mutualism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commensalism. 6. What are the different types of species interactions in ecosystems? A) Interspecific competition. B) Symbiosis. C) Predator-prey relationships. D) Intraspecific competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Predator-prey relationships. 7. Which of the following animals is most likely a vertebrate? A) Starfish. B) Jellyfish. C) Flamingo. D) Earthworm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flamingo. 8. Which of the following animals is known for its ability to mimic bird calls? A) Dr. Raghu. B) Maniram chacha. C) The teacher. D) The students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maniram chacha. 9. The final stable community of plants and animals is called: A) Pioneer community. B) Farmland. C) Climax community. D) Old field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax community. 10. Which aquatic biome has the lowest NPP? A) Swamps and marshes. B) Intertidal Zone. C) Lakes and Ponds. D) Open Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Open Ocean. 11. Which of the following is not true Archaea? A) Not sensitive to antibiotics. B) Branched hydrocarbon chains in the cell membrane. C) Peptidoglycan in the cell wall. D) Unique rRNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peptidoglycan in the cell wall. 12. Which is a defining property of all living organisms? A) Growth. B) Reproduction. C) Response to stimuli. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Response to stimuli. 13. What are the twin characteristics of growth? A) Increase in mass. B) Increase in number of individuals. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 14. Value independent of any benefit to humans. In other words, just because the organism of species is alive, they have value. A) Intrinsic value. B) Instrumental value. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intrinsic value. 15. A ..... is a scenic or historically important area of countryside protected by the federal government for the enjoyment of the general public or the preservation of wildlife. A) National Park. B) Biosphere Reserve. C) Wildlife Sanctuary. D) Zoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Park. 16. What is the best way to reduce stress on the ecosystem's provisioning services? A) Use electric cars. B) Limiting human access to national parks. C) Slow down population growth. D) Recycling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slow down population growth. 17. Which f the following aids are used for taxonomic study of plants? A) Zoological and botanical parks. B) Botanical gardens and herbarium. C) Herbarium and museums. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Botanical gardens and herbarium. 18. Which crops are the biggest causes of deforestation? A) Palm oil and soy bean. B) Palm oil and brazil nuts. C) Soy bean and brazil nuts. D) Cotton and palm oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palm oil and soy bean. 19. Select the correct option for biological names. A) They are binomial. B) They are descriptive. C) They are universal. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 20. This aspect is an exclusive characteristic of living things A) Increase in mass by the accumulation of material both on the surface as well as internally. B) Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory. C) Increase in mass from inside only. D) Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perception of events happening in the environment and their memory. 21. How do species interactions affect ecosystem stability? A) Species interactions decrease biodiversity and resilience. B) Species interactions have no impact on ecosystem stability. C) Species interactions enhance ecosystem stability by promoting biodiversity and resilience. D) Species interactions only affect individual species, not the ecosystem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species interactions enhance ecosystem stability by promoting biodiversity and resilience. 22. The sum total of chemical reactions occurring in our body is called A) Homeostasis. B) Catabolism. C) Metabolism. D) Irritability. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metabolism. 23. An energy transformation occurs and results in increased disorder. A) First law of thermodynamics. B) Heat flow. C) Second law of thermodynamics. D) Potential energy. E) Kinetic energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second law of thermodynamics. 24. Which watery biome has the lowest concentration of salt? A) Freshwater. B) Ocean. C) Coral reef. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Freshwater. 25. What is the gas needed for photosynthesis? A) Water vapour. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Oxygen. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbon dioxide. 26. Which type of boundary results in the creation of rift valleys, volcanoes, seafloor spreading, and earthquakes A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent. 27. Read the following statements and select the correct ones.( i ) Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals are twin characteristics of growth.( II ) Metabolic reactions can be demonstrated outside the body in isolated cell-free systems.( iii ) 'Response to stimuli' is a defining property of the living organisms. A) ( i ) and ( ii ). B) ( ii ) and ( iii ). C) ( i ) and ( iii ). D) ( i ), ( ii ) and ( iii ). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ( i ), ( ii ) and ( iii ). 28. The litter layer is ..... ? A) The leaves on the trees. B) The layer of fallen leaves on the floor. C) The nutrients which leaves the soil. D) The layer above the canopy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The layer of fallen leaves on the floor. 29. Define the term:Abiotic. A) Abiotic refers to non-living physical and chemical elements in an ecosystem, such as sunlight, temperature, and water. B) Abiotic refers to living organisms in an ecosystem, such as plants and animals. C) Abiotic refers to the process of photosynthesis in plants. D) Abiotic refers to the movement of animals from one place to another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abiotic refers to non-living physical and chemical elements in an ecosystem, such as sunlight, temperature, and water. 30. ..... are generally analytical in nature A) Couplet. B) Leed. C) Taxonomical aid. D) Key. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Key. 31. In which of the following, growth by cell division occurs continuously throughout their life span? A) Tiger. B) Dog. C) Crow. D) Mango. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mango. 32. What helps fish in swimming? A) Fins. B) Gills. C) Tail. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fins. 33. Which biome can be found where winters are cold and summers are short? A) Tropical rainforests. B) Tundra. C) Deciduous forest. D) Arid savannah grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tundra. 34. Organisms in the five kingdom classification were grouped primarily on the basis of: A) Use by humans. B) Similarities in external appearance only. C) A range of characteristics including nutrition, cell structure, and reproduction. D) Habitat only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A range of characteristics including nutrition, cell structure, and reproduction. 35. When everything is all balanced in an ecosystem-the number of organisms, the amount of nutrition available and the space is enough A) Equilibrium. B) Overexploitation. C) Fermentation. D) Succession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equilibrium. 36. Which of these is in both the carbon cycle AND the phosphorous cycle? A) Photosynthesis. B) Combustion. C) Erosion. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 37. The practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the environment A) Speciation. B) Colonization. C) Ecotourism. D) Genetic diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ecotourism. 38. Linnaeus described 5900 species of plants in his book ..... (1753) and 4326 species of animals in his book ..... (1758). A) Historia Naturalis, Species Plantarum. B) Species plantarum, Systema Naturae. C) Systema Naturae, Species Plantarum. D) Philosophia Botanica, Genera Plantarum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species plantarum, Systema Naturae. 39. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 protects registered endangered species by removing them from the "take" list which makes it unlawful to A) Shoot. B) Capture. C) Trap. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 40. The scientific name of our national bird is ..... A) Felis silvestris. B) Zoothera. C) Panthers tigris. D) Pavo cristatus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pavo cristatus. 41. Most obvious and technically complicated feature of all living organism. A) Metabolism. B) Growth. C) Replication. D) Ability to sense their environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ability to sense their environment. 42. The suffix-'oideae' is used for A) Class. B) Family. C) Tribe. D) Subfamily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subfamily. 43. Which of the following tends to be the limiting factor in terrestrial biomes? A) Nitrogen and Phosphorous in the soil. B) Temperature. C) Sunlight. D) Carbon dioxide in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nitrogen and Phosphorous in the soil. 44. Which is not an opportunity of the Thar Desert? A) Accessibility. B) Tourism. C) Energy. D) Agriculture. E) Mineral Extraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accessibility. 45. Which two biomes have the least precipitation? A) Tropical rain forest and temperate grasslan. B) Savanna and tropical dry forest. C) Tundra and desert. D) Boreal forest and temperate woodland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra and desert. 46. A true species consists of a population which is A) Sharing the same niche. B) Interbreeding. C) Feeding over the same food. D) Geographically isolated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interbreeding. 47. What is symbiosis? A) A relationship where two species mutually benefit from each other. B) A relationship where two species live in close proximity without any interaction. C) A relationship where one organism eats another organism. D) A relationship where two species compete for limited resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A relationship where two species mutually benefit from each other. 48. The net annual primary productivity of a particular wetland ecosystem is found to be 10, 000 kcal/m2 per year. If respiration by the aquatic producers is 21, 000 kcal/m2 per year, what is the gross annual primary productivity for this ecosystem, in kcal/m2 per year? A) 11, 000. B) 31, 000. C) 21, 000. D) 41, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 31, 000. 49. Taxonomic key is one of the taxonomic tools in the identification and classification of plants and animals. It is used in the preparation of A) Monographs. B) Flora. C) Both Monograph and flora. D) None of these monographs and flora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Monograph and flora. 50. The number of species in a given area A) Evolution. B) Species richness. C) Species evenness. D) Phylogeny. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species richness. 51. This is NOT a part of the phosphorus cycle. A) Phosphate bound to soil. B) Phosphate is incorporated into sedimentary rocks. C) Phosphate is absorbed from the soil by plants. D) Atmospheric phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmospheric phosphate. 52. Why are bees considered a keystone species? A) They live in hives. B) The honey they make supports the bear population. C) They pollinate flowers that produce fruit which supports the ecosystem. D) They sting when threatened. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They pollinate flowers that produce fruit which supports the ecosystem. 53. How do social structures influence economic opportunities? A) Social structures influence economic opportunities by determining access to resources, networks, and systemic barriers. B) Social structures have no impact on economic opportunities. C) Economic opportunities are solely determined by individual effort. D) Social structures only affect cultural aspects, not economic ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social structures influence economic opportunities by determining access to resources, networks, and systemic barriers. 54. Kingdom Protista consists of what kind of organisms? A) Multicellular, non-movable, prokaryotic. B) Unicellular, movable, eukaryotic. C) Oldest, simplest and primitive organisms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unicellular, movable, eukaryotic. 55. The breaking up of habitat into smaller pieces, usually because of human activity is defined as which term? A) Habit stacking. B) Habit fragmentation. C) Habit elimination. D) Habit reinforcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Habit fragmentation. 56. Which kingdom is formed by unicellular organisms with a prokaryotic cell? A) Protoctista Kingdom. B) Plantae Kingdom. C) Monera Kingdom. D) Fungi Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monera Kingdom. 57. Where is the largest reservoir for the phosphorus cycle? A) Rocks and minerals. B) The ocean. C) The atmopshere. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rocks and minerals. 58. The band of rain around the equator is called? A) Inter Convergence Tropical area. B) Inter Tropical Convergence Zone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inter Tropical Convergence Zone. 59. What type of movement do fish use to swim? A) Swimming with fins. B) Walking. C) Flying. D) Crawling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swimming with fins. 60. How can biodiversity loss impact human health? A) Biodiversity loss improves food security and health. B) Biodiversity loss can negatively impact human health by increasing disease spread, reducing food security, and limiting medicinal resources. C) Biodiversity loss leads to more medicinal resources. D) Biodiversity loss has no effect on human health. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity loss can negatively impact human health by increasing disease spread, reducing food security, and limiting medicinal resources. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 1Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 2Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 4Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 5Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 6Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 7Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 8Class 11 Biology Chapter 1 The Living World Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books