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Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services ecosystem services ecosystems ecosystem

The establishment of Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) enshrines which among the following objectives?

  1. Protection from Pollution

  2. Tourism Development

  3. Economy Hub

  4. Transportation facilities
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) was established to protect the Taj Mahal and surrounding monuments from air pollution caused by nearby industries.

Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services ecosystem services ecosystems ecosystem

In which of the following universities "National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Zone Management" under the World Bank assisted Integrated Coastal Zone Management project is set up?

  1. Pondicherry University, Pondicherry

  2. Anna University, Chennai

  3. Utkal University, Bhubaneswa

  4. Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Zone Management (NCSCZM) was established at Anna University in Chennai.

Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services ecosystem services ecosystems ecosystem

Aquatic ecosystem help in

  1. Reduce pollution

  2. Absorption of nutrients

  3. Recycle of nutrients

  4. Both A and B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The aquatic ecosystem is the interaction of biotic component and abiotic component in the water body. It serves important environmental services such as recycling of nutrients, water purification, attenuate floods, recharge groundwater and provides shelter to wildlife. Aquatic ecosystems are also used for human recreation, and are very important to the tourism industry, especially in coastal regions. 

Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services ecosystem services ecosystems ecosystem

Which features are characteristic of insect-pollinated flowers?

  1. Bright petals, large feathery stigmas

  2. Bright petals, rough sticky pollen

  3. Large feathery stigmas, nectaries

  4. Small light pollen, nectarines
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Insect-pollinated flowers are large, have brightly coloured petals, often sweetly scented, usually contain nectar- to attract insects. Its pollen are often sticky or spiky - to stick to legs and body of  insects

So, the correct is 'bright petals, rough sticky pollen'

Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services ecosystem services ecosystems ecosystem

Mid latitude lakes undergo mixing more than equatorial lakes, select the correct reason.

  1. The midlatitude lakes turn over twice a year

  2. Midlatitude lakes develop a thermocline
  3. Water is densest at $4$

  4. All of the above

  5. They don't - equatorial lakes have more mixing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Deep lakes at mid-latitudes have well-pronounced stratification which leads to the lakes experiencing wealthy internal waves dynamics. These lakes also possess seasonal water mixing during the spring and autumn transitional periods. This is due to the non-linear thermal expansion of water when its temperature reaches 4$^0$C and the density of water is maximum.  Further, with the increasing latitudes support the general cyclonic water circulation. Hence the large lakes along mid-latitudes show a large variety of these physical processes.

Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services ecosystem services ecosystems ecosystem

Identify the correct statement for freshwater ecosystems.
I. There is a seasonal mixing of materials.
II. During the year, oxygen concentrations are vertically uniform.
III. Materials are recycled more quickly than in ocean ecosystems.

  1. I only

  2. II only

  3. III only

  4. I and III

  5. II and III

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A Freshwater ecosystem is one of  the aquatic ecosystems of the earth and includes lakes, ponds, rivers, streams and wetlands. This ecosystem is essential as it not only provides human beings their drinking water, but these are also home to more than 40 percent of the world's fish species. The seasonal changes occur in the freshwater ecosystem with regards to temperature-density relationship and since it contains continuous running water so materials are recycled more quickly than in ocean ecosystems.

So, the correct answer is option D.

Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services ecosystem services ecosystems ecosystem

Who have tried to put price tags on natures life support services?

  1. Robert Constanga et al

  2. Nile Perch et al

  3. Herbert Boyer et al

  4. Ram Deo Misra et al
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Robert Constanga et al have tried to put price tags on natures life support services. He gave price tags to the ecosystem services. Out of these services, 50% accounts for the soil formation. The ecosystem services he put price on includes purify water and air, mitigate droughts and floods, nutrient cycling, habitat for wild life.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Robert Constanga et al.'

Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services extreme adaptations adapting to a habit adaptive features aquatic plant adaptations pollination through water

Plants growing in dry habitat are 

  1. Lithophytes

  2. Mesophytes

  3. Hydrophytes

  4. Xerophytes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Xerophytes are plants specifically adapted to survive in environments with little liquid water, such as deserts or ice-covered regions. Lithophytes grow on rocks, mesophytes in moderate conditions, and hydrophytes in water.

Multiple choice botany ecological adaptations, succession and ecological services extreme adaptations adapting to a habit adaptive features aquatic plant adaptations pollination through water

Which combination of the statements is incorrect for the adaptation in cactus?

  1. The cactus plants store water in their stems which carries out photosynthesis and is covered by the cuticle.

  2. Spines are the modified leaves of the cactus plant. Which reduce the loss of water through transpiration.

  3. The cactus plants have very short roots which cannot properly absorb water from the soil.

  4. The cactus plants lose a huge amount of water through transpiration so they cannot survive in deserts for a long time.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C,D Correct answer
Explanation

The succulent stem of the cactus plants usually store water and carry out photosynthesis also. The cactus stem contains a tough and waxy outer layer, called cuticle. The cactus plants possess modified leaves shaped like thin spines or thorns that decrease water loss through transpiration. 

The cactus plants contain long roots that efficiently absorb water from the ground. Due to the low transpiration rate, the cactus plants can remain alive in deserts for a longer period of time. 
So, the options C, The cactus plants have very short roots which cannot properly absorb water from the soil and D, The cactus plants lose a huge amount of water through transpiration so they cannot survive in deserts for a long time are incorrect for the adaptation in cactus.