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Important Questions on Organisms and Populations

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Who proposed that ecosystem is the symbol of structure and function of nature?
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Which one of the following is a characteristic feature of cropland ecosystem?
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Which of the following ecosystem has the maximum amount of biomass production?
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Following are the responses of different animals to various abiotic factors. Describe each one with the help of an example.

  • Migrate
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The term ecosystem was coined by:
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Which ONE of the following statements about ecosystem energetics is INCORRECT?
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How does the following organism overcome the stressful external conditions?

Bear 

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Give an example for an endothermic animal.
 
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Match Column I with Column II and select the correct option from the given codes.
  Column I   Column II
(a) Eurythermal (i) Able to tolerate narrow range of temperature
(b) Stenothermal (ii) A stage of suspended development
(c) Conformers (iii) Body temperature changes with ambient temperature
(d) Diapause (iv) Able to tolerate wide range temperature
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Very small animals are rarely found in polar regions because
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What will happen to a well-growing herbaceous plant in the forest if it is transplanted outside the forest in a park?
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Flamingoes breed in
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The following graph represents the organismic response to certain environmental, condition (e.g., temperature) :

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Which one of these, ‘a’ or ‘b’, depicts conformers?

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How does the following organism overcome the stressful external conditions?

Zooplankton in lakes.

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How is diapause different from hibernation?
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How do the following organism overcome the stressful external conditions?

 Snail

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Animals such as bears hibernate.
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Which of the following is the way through which organisms cope with stressful external environment?
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Given an example of organisms that enter diapause and why?
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Snails avoid stress conditions by going under: