Cluster · Ecology and Environmental Science

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Ecology Environment and Food Chains
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Which ecologist showed in a long-term experiment on outdoor plots that biodiversity is of central importance to the productivity, stability, resistance to the invasion of ecosystems and fertility of their soils?

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defence intermediate

Consider the following statements about the ecological impact of the MSC Elsa 3 shipwreck:

  1. The shipwreck released petroleum pollutants including trace metals into the Arabian Sea.
  2. The study reported minimal impact on marine life due to quick cleanup operations.
  3. The CMLRE emphasized long-term environmental monitoring and sealing fuel compartments.

Which statement is incorrect?

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defence intermediate

Which of the following options is correctly matched?

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defence intermediate

Match the column A with Column B                

Column A    Column B
i. Producer          a. Carnivorous predators
ii. Primary consumer       b. Green Plant
iii. Tertiary consumer           c. Bacteria
iv. Decomposer      d. Herbivorous animals

 

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defence intermediate

Biodiversity is ______.

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ib intermediate

What is the interaction of a species with all the biotic and abiotic factors affecting it called?

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ib intermediate

The use of plastics has led to a number of environment-related problems. For this, which one of the following statements is correct?

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ib intermediate

Which of the following ecologist’s research provided revolutionary new insights into how energy and nutrients move through the ecosystems?

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ib intermediate

What environmental hazard is emphasized in THC 2024?

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delhi_police intermediate

Which one of the following has the largest population in a food chain?

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delhi_police intermediate

Plant and animal communities living together in similar climatic conditions are called ______.

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delhi_police intermediate

What is a population (or subspecies or race) that is adapted to local environmental conditions called?

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delhi_police intermediate

What do you call the amount of organic matter produced per unit area over a time period by plants during photosynthesis?
 

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delhi_police intermediate

Which of the following options is correctly matched?

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delhi_police intermediate

Which of the following groups of organisms are involved in the breakdown of dead and decaying organisms?

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delhi_police intermediate

Which level of the food chain includes Typha bulrushes, Sagittaria, Hydrilla, Rupia, Chara, occurring in concentric layers from the periphery to the deep regions?

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railways intermediate

Which cycle consists of sedimentary and gaseous cycles?

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railways intermediate

Which of the following options is correctly matched?

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railways intermediate

Vultures are:

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railways intermediate

Which Greek term was first used by Ernst Haeckel in 1866 to refer to ‘the relation of animals to both the organic as well as the inorganic environment’?

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railways intermediate

In which year Ernst Haeckel introduced the term 'ecology' to describe the economies of living forms?

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railways intermediate

Which ecosystem is the only one that does NOT thrive on solar energy?

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railways intermediate

Which of the following can degrade detritus into simpler inorganic substances?

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railways intermediate

Which Greek term was first used by Ernst Haeckel in 1866 to refer to ‘the relation of animals to both the organic as well as the inorganic environment’?

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railways intermediate

Vultures are:

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railways intermediate

Which cycle consists of sedimentary and gaseous cycles?

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railways intermediate

Which of the following options is correctly matched?

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railways intermediate

What is the main difference between a food chain and a food web?

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railways intermediate

Which organism typically occupies the highest trophic level in a terrestrial food chain?

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railways intermediate

An ecosystem consists of:

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railways intermediate

Which ecosystem is the only one that does NOT thrive on solar energy?

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railways intermediate

Vultures are:

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railways intermediate

In which year Ernst Haeckel introduced the term 'ecology' to describe the economies of living forms?

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railways intermediate

Which of the following can degrade detritus into simpler inorganic substances?

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railways intermediate

Which Greek term was first used by Ernst Haeckel in 1866 to refer to ‘the relation of animals to both the organic as well as the inorganic environment’?

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railways intermediate

Which of the following options is correctly matched?

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railways intermediate

A geographic region that has separate but similar ecosystems characterised by a distinct climate is called a(n) ________.

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railways intermediate

What is typically called a species of plants and animals found in a certain place?

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railways intermediate

Which Greek term was first used by Ernst Haeckel in 1866 to refer to ‘the relation of animals to both the organic as well as the inorganic environment’?

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railways intermediate

Which of the following options is correctly matched?

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railways intermediate

Which cycle consists of sedimentary and gaseous cycles?

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railways intermediate

Which of the following can degrade detritus into simpler inorganic substances?

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railways intermediate

On what factor is the classification of a species decided?

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ssc intermediate

Which of the following can degrade detritus into simpler inorganic substances?

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ssc intermediate

How dependent are plants and animals on each other?

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ssc intermediate

Which of the following options is correctly matched?

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ssc intermediate

Which of the following is parasitic food chain?

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ssc intermediate

Which of the following options is correctly matched?

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