Forests: Our Life Line

Learn about the importance of forests, ecosystem structure, food chains, decomposition, and various forest products that sustain life on Earth.

20 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the missing word from the following equation Grass→insects→frog→_______→eagle

  1. Peacock
  2. Snake
  3. Koel
  4. Crow
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Micro-organisms act upon the dead plants to produce

  1. Sand
  2. Mushrooms
  3. Humus
  4. Wood
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is not correct?

  1. Forests protect the soil from erosion
  2. Plants and animals in a forest are not dependent on one another
  3. Forests influence the climate and water cycle
  4. Soil helps forests to grow and regenerate
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Forests are called

  1. Green lungs
  2. Black skin
  3. Red kidney
  4. Brown heart
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Forests

  1. Provide us with oxygen
  2. They protect soil and provide habitat to a large number of animals
  3. A source of medicinal plants
  4. All of the above
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Floods can be controlled by

  1. Forests
  2. Constructing temporary shelters
  3. Constructing Pits
  4. By allowing the water to flow into the sea
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A forest consists of

  1. Numerous insects, spiders
  2. Floor covered with dead and decaying leaves
  3. Animals and Plants
  4. All of the above
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The branchy part of a tree above the stem is known as

  1. Canopy
  2. Crown
  3. Herb
  4. Shrub
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_____________ help forest to grow and regenerate

  1. Plants
  2. Decomposers
  3. Saprotrophs
  4. Animals
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cutting down of trees is called

  1. Reforestation
  2. Deforestation
  3. Vegetation
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The item that is not a product of Forest

  1. Sealing Wax
  2. Honey
  3. Wooden statue
  4. Salt
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Herbs form the ___________ layer in the forest.

  1. Highest
  2. Middle
  3. Lowest
  4. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The insects, butterflies, honey bees and birds help flowering plants in

  1. Fertilization
  2. Pollination
  3. Seed dispersal
  4. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Tall trees which look like roof over other plants in the forest are called_________.

  1. Tree top
  2. Crown
  3. Canopy
  4. Apex
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mushroom and other micro-organisms eat

  1. Brinjal
  2. Rice
  3. Humus
  4. wax
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a forest product?

  1. Gum
  2. Plywood
  3. Sealing wax
  4. Kerosene
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Decomposers convert dead plants and animals into ______.

  1. Compost
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Proteins
  4. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Forest products are

  1. Gum
  2. Latex
  3. Fiber
  4. All of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A food ______ is made up of several connected food chains.

  1. Type
  2. Process
  3. Hole
  4. Web
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A forest is a purifier of

  1. Air and water
  2. Air and sunlight
  3. Water and sunlight
  4. None of these