Course Code:CO: Subject Code22447: Subject Name: Environmental studies: Topic

Name : Ecosystem and biodiversity: Assessments: Formative

Assessment Type: Formative Assessments
Set 1: Question No 1 Set 1: Question No 2 Set 1: Question No 3
Set 1- Set 1- Set 1-
No1: Which one of the No2: Transfer of energy from No3: The type of ecosystem
following is not a gaseous source of plants through a with the highest mean plant
biogeochemical cycle in an series of organism is known as productivity is
ecosystem? ________________ _______________
Recall/ Remembering Understanding Application
a) Carbon cycle a) Food web a) Tundra
b) Phosphorous cycle b) Energy cycle b) Temperate grassland
c) Sulphur cycle c) Food chain c) Desert
d) Nitrogen cycle d) Biological system d) Tropical rain forest
Ans: b Ans: c Ans: d

Set 2: Question No 1 Set 2: Question No 2 Set 2: Question No 3

In ecosystem standing crop An ecosystem which can be Which ecosystem produce the
refers to________________ easily damaged but can be highest annual net primary
recovered after some time if productivity?
damaging effect stops will be
having
____________________
Recall/ Remembering Understanding Application
a) All the green plants a) High stability and high a) Tropical evergreen forest
resilience
b) All the non living materials b) High stability and low b)Tropical rain forest
resilience
c) All living and dead animals c) Low stability and low c) Tropical deciduous forest
resilience
d) All the living materials both d) Low stability and high d) Temperate evergreen forest
animals and plants resilience
Ans: d Ans: d Ans: b
 Set 3: Question No 1 Set 3: Question No 2 Set 3: Question No 3
____________is the term used Which of the following is not The biodiversity contained in
to describe the variety of life the value of biodiversity? the ecosystem provides forest
found on Earth and all of the dwellers with all their daily
natural processes. needs is______use value.
Recall/ Remembering Understanding Application
a) Biodiversity a) Social use a) Ethical and Moral
b) Ecosystem b) Aesthetical use b) Consumptive
c) Biosphere c) Environmental use c) Aesthetical
d) Ecology d) Moral d) Social
Ans: a Ans: c Ans: b

Set 4: Question No 1 Set 4: Question No 2 Set 4: Question No 3

The initiative of biodiversity Which of the following is not a marketable products such as
assessment focuses on which Causes of biodiversity losses? animal skins, ivory, medicinal
ecosystem types: plants, honey, etc comes
under_______.
Recall/ Remembering Understanding Application
a) Forest a) Over exploitation a) Productive value

b) wetland b) Eco-friendly b) Consumptive value

c) Marine c) Co-extinction c) Aesthetic value
d) All of the above d) Habitat loss and d) Social value
fragmentation
Ans: d Ans: b Ans: a

Set 5: Question No 1 Set 5: Question No 2 Set 5: Question No 3

_______called the ‘lungs of the Which leads to over- Which of the following is not
planet’. exploitation of natural an Important hot spots in
resources? India?
Recall/ Remembering Understanding Application
a) Sahyadry rain forest a) Greed a) Himalayan
b) Kankan rain forest b) Eco-friendly b)Western ghat
c) Amazon rain forest c) Need c) Indo-Berma
d) South Africa rain forest d) All of the above d) Central ghat
Ans: c Ans: a Ans: d
 Assessment Type: Summative
Summative: Q 1 Summative: Q 2 Summative: Q 3 Summative: Q 4 Summative: Q 5
What flows The process in Which type of What makes plant Into how many
through the which green ecosystem producers? areas the energy
ecosystem while plants and few accounts for most that is received by
matter cycles organisms use of the net primary organisms during
within them? sunlight to productivity on energy transfer is
synthesize earth even though converted?
nutrients is it has a low
known_________ average net
_ primary
productivity?
Recall/ Understanding Application Understanding Application
Remembering
a)Energy a) a) Tropical rain a) Plants produce a) One
Chemosynthesis forest their own food
b) Force b) Photosynthesis b) desert b) Plants depend b) Two
on other
organisms for
c) Pressure c) Food chain c) Tropical food
c) Plants are c) Three
evergreen forest decomposers
d) wind d) Food web d) Ocean d) Plants do not d) Four
require any
energy
Ans: a Ans: b Ans: d Ans: a Ans:c

Summative: Q 1 Summative: Q 2 Summative: Q 3 Summative: Q 4 Summative: Q 5

The area to which A set of Habitat of Dog The destruction of Each organism in
a species is organisms that Fish is habitat of plants an ecosystem is at
biologically resemble one and animals is a specific feeding
adapted to live is another in called stage called as
known appearance and the ----
as-------------- behaviour is
Recall/ called
Understanding a Application Understanding Application
Remembering
a) Niche a) Exons a) River a) endemism a) Climax level
b) Habitat b) Prions b) Pond b) endangered b) Producer level
species
c) Succession c) Species c) Lake c) habitant loss c) Trophic level
d) All of the d) None of the d) Sea d) flood d) Consumptive
above above level
Ans: b Ans: c Ans: d Ans: c Ans:c
Summative: Q 1 Summative: Q 2 Summative: Q 3 Summative: Q 4 Summative: Q 5
Zoos are Study of inter- How is the An ecosystem An ecosystem
examples for relationship atmosphere, gradually merges
between hydrosphere consist of with an adjoining
organisms and and lithosphere one through a
their environment connected ? transitional
is zone called the
Recall/ Understanding Application Understanding ---------
Application
Remembering
a) insitu a) Ecology a) Hydrological a) Green plants and a) ecological
conservation cycle animals niche
b) in vivo b) Ecosystem b) Nitrogen b) Green plants and b) ecological
conservation cycle decomposers footprint
c) exsitu c) c) Oxygen cycle c) Producers and c) ecotone
conservation Phytogeography consumers
d) exvivo d) Ethology d) Carbon cycle d) Green plants, d) Biodiversity
conservation animals, loss
decomposers and
abiotic environment
Ans: c Ans: a Ans: d Ans: d Ans:c

Summative: Q 1 Summative: Q 2 Summative: Q 3 Summative: Q 4 Summative: Q 5

Driving force in Which of the A trophic level Levels of Which ecological
an ecosystem is following is a refers to: pyramid is always
biodiversity
possible producer upright?
in an ecosystem? include all but
one:
Recall/ Understanding Application Understanding Application
Remembering
a)Plants a) Plants a) Area in the a) Genetics a) Pyramid of
tropics number
b) Producers b) Animals b) An organism’s b) Species b) Pyramid of
portion in a food biomass
chain
c) Solar energy c) Human c) An organism’s c) Population c) Pyramid of
position in an energy
ecosystem
d) Biomass d) Fish d) An organism’s d) Ecosystem d) Pyramid of
energy position in a number and
biome biomass
Ans: c Ans: a Ans: c Ans: c Ans:c
Summative: Q 1 Summative: Q 2 Summative: Q 3 Summative: Q 4 Summative: Q 5
The type of Conservation of An ecosystem The primary Energy flow in an
diversity biodiversity may not undergo
including all the outside the changes because: producers in a ecosystem is
different kinds of natural habitat is forest ecosystem always:
living things called as: are:
found in a certain
habitat is called
as:
Recall/ Understanding Application Understanding Application
Remembering
a) Species a) Ex-situ a) It is in a state a) Chlorophyll a) Unidirectional
diversity of homeostasis containing trees
and plants
b) Genetic b) In-situ b) It has plants b) Herbivores b) Cyclic
diversity and animals both
c) Ecosystem c) Conservation c) It gets solar c) Carnivores c) Reversible
diversity energy
continuously
d) Population d) In-vivo d) The d) Bacteria and d) Multi-
diversity decomposers are other micro- directional
present in it organism
Ans: a Ans: a Ans: a Ans: a Ans: a