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Earn 100

Read the given statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1: Pioneer community is the stable and final biotic community of ecological succession.

Statement 2: Pioneer community has maximum diversity and niche specialization.

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Important Questions on Ecological Adaptations, Succession and Ecological Services

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Fill up the blanks with suitable words.
Ecosystem services are __i__ understood. The value of ecosystem is larger than __ii__.  Many of these services are __iii__ services and cannot be __iv__ by anyone. The ecosystem value is nearly __v__ the globes GNP. The ecosystem services are delivered by __vi__.
A. Living stuff.
B. Poorly
C. Twice
D. Non-market
E. Global economy.
F. Owned
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Assertion (A): A primary succession is more common than secondary succession.

Reason (R): Biogeochemical cycling is absent in secondary succession.

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Choose the right sequence of hydrarch succession from the following:
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What is ecological succession? Describe primary and secondary succession.
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Match the following lists:

  List-I   List-II
(A) Rooted hydrophyte with floating leaves (I) Limnophila
(B) Submerged suspended hydrophyte (II) Vallisneria
(C) Free floating hydrophyte (III) Utricularia
(D) Amphibious plant (IV) Victoria regia
    (V) Salvinia

The correct match is:

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What is the difference between hydrarch succession and xerarch succession.
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Match the following?

Column I Column II
(a) Predictable change in species composition (i) Equilibrium
(b) Climax community (ii) Seral stages
(c)  Entire sequence community (iii) Ecological succession
(d) Transitional community (iv) Sere
    (v)  Succession

 

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Explain the different stages of biotic succession on bare rock.
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A violent volcanic eruption wiped out most of the life forms in an island. Over different forms of simple organisms colonised this region, followed by the emergence of other organisms such as shrubs, woody plants, invertebrates and mammals. This ecological process is referred to as
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The organisms which invade a bare area to initiate an ecological succession are known as
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What is Ecological succession? How Hydrarch succession is different from Xerarch succession?
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Define ecological succession. Describe the general process of plant succession with example.
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Lichens and Mosses are the stages of which type of succession?
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In hydroseric succession, which stage comes just before sedge meadow stage?
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Choose the incorrect statements.
A) Pollinators play significant role in the production of food crops.
B) One of the threats to pollinators is habitat destruction by land use.
C) The climax community remain stable as long as environment is changing with adoptions.
D) Secondary succession will be a slow process compared to the primary succession.