Tag: ecosystem
Questions Related to ecosystem
The way in which carbon is reused through the ecosystem is known as
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Energy recycling
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The energy pyramid
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The biotic/abiotic cycle
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The carbon cycle
- The carbon cycle is the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.
- Carbon is the main component of biological compounds as well as a major component of many minerals such as limestone.
The process of photosynthesis and respiration cause the cycling of ........... through the environment.
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Carbon
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Water
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Nitrogen
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Hydrogen
The plants can fix carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which is taken in through stomata. The carbon dioxide is converted in the presence of light and chlorophyll pigments to synthesize carbon containing organic compounds such as sugar, fats and proteins. This creates the plant biomass which when eaten by other organisms recycles the carbon from on level to other. Finally the carbon enters the geosphere and then the atmosphere. The oxygen which is formed during photosynthesis is liberated in the atmosphere and used for cellular respiration. The oxygen is used to break down the molecules and release the carbon dioxide. The carbon gets recycled in the environment from plants to animals and then again enters the environment.
Parachute type of mechanism of seed dispersal is found in
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Pea/ Leguminosae
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Mustard/ Cruciferae
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Cotton/ Malvaceae
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Taraxacum/ Compositae
- Parachute mechanism of fruit and seed dispersal is due to a structure called pappus.
- Pappus is the Calyx. Pappus or fruit and seed dispersal mechanism is a modification process and this process is known as Calyx. Calyxes are the protective shield of the flower and they can protect the reproduction system of the flower. They help the flower to produce seeds.
- Parachute mechanism is characteristic of family Compositae.
- Hence Parachute type of mechanism of seed dispersal is found in Taraxacum/ Compositae.
- So, the correct answer is 'Taraxacum/ Compositae'.
An easily disturbed ecosystem which can recover after sometime after the stoppage of damaging factor, is of
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Low stability and high resilience
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High stability and high resilience
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Low stability and low resilience
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High stability and low resilience
Answer is option A i.e. "Low stability and high resilience"
Stability is the power of a system to be in their state against unfavorable factor. Resilience is the capability of regaining its original shape or position after being deformed. An ecosystem which can be easily damaged but can recover after sometime when it 's damaging effect stops will be having low stability and high resilience. Hence, it has low stability and high resilience.
Dispersal of seed in Opium or poppy or argemone occurs by
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Explosive mechanism
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Parachute mechanism
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Censer mechanism
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aculatormechanism
Heavy rainfall during summer produces
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Desert
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Grassland
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Forest
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Wetland
During summer the land becomes dry and rainfall induces formation of grass and hence heavy rainfall during summer produces grasslands.
Plants take nitrogen from the soil by absorption through their roots as
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Nitrate ions
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Nitrite ions
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Ammonium ions
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All of the above
Plants take nitrogen from the soil by absorption through their roots as nitrate ions and ammonium ions.Nitrite is intermediate and gets converted to either forms by symbiotic or non-symbiotic bacteria present in plant roots and soil respectively. Most nitrogen obtained by terrestrial animals can be traced back to the eating of plants at some stage of the food chain.
Plants of which one of the following groups of genera are pollinated by the same agency?
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Triticum, Cocos, Mangifera
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Ficus, Kigelia, Casuarina
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Salvia, Morus, Euphorbia
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Bombax Butea, Bauhinia
Salvia, Morus, Euphorbia are pollinated by insects (entomophily)
Carbonisation is
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Slow conversion of dead vegetation Into coal
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Deposition of soil
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Falling of trees
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None of these
Carbonization (or carbonisation) is the term for the conversion of an organic substance into carbon or a carbon containing residue through destructive distillation or pyrolysis (also occurs in nature). It is often used in organic chemistry with reference to the generation of coal gas and coal tar from raw coal.
Which of the following method is applicable for pollination in gymnosperms?
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Anemophilous
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Entemophilous
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Hydrophilous
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None of the above
Phanerogamae are the sub-kingdom of kingdom Plantae. They include seed bearing and flowering plants. They are further grouped into angiosperms and gymnosperms. Gymnospermic plants are pollinated by wind that is anemophilous.