BT101 Midterm Grand Quiz 170 MCQs

1. The rate that new organic matter is made by means of individual

growth and reproduction in all the herbivores is -------------------------

Secondary

productivity

2. The Liberat chemical-bond energy for metabolic use in glycolysis,

Krebs’s cycle and electron transport chain

Heterotrophs

3. Which of these Introduced to Hawaii in the late 1800’s.

Asian Tiger Mosquito

4. There is No limit to number of ------- in Mullerian mimicry

species participating

5. Negative Phototactic movement occurs in ----------

Earthworms

6. oscillations are produced by interactions between populations of at

least ----different species

two

7. Mutualistic gut flora e.g. cellulose digesting ------

bacteria

8. Removal of apex predator in environment called --------

Cascade Effect

9. analogous structures are the product of ---------

Convergent Evolution

10. Use of DDT was Banned in US in ------
11. According to ------- concept ‘Fossils resemble but are not exactly the

same as modern species

Theory of

12. At either limit, one or more essential functions cease

Tolerance range

13. They Synthesis of the organic compounds of their bodies from

inorganic precursors

Autotrophs

14. It Occurs when uptake from the water is greater than excretion

Bioconcentration

15. Prokaryotic microbes can synthesize ------and nitrate from N2 in the

ammonia

16. Arctic fox changes from brown or grey in the ------ to white in the

winter

summer

17. the water that goes into the atmosphere is ------- than it was on

Earth.

cleaner

18. Pathogens is the source of --------------- pollutions.
19. Temperature of the troposphere ------- with altitude.

decreases

20. ------ is an early freshwater reptile found as fossils from the early

Permian period.

Mesosaurus

21. Mutualism Long-term relationship between individuals of ----- species different
22. There is limited number of feeding or trophic levels in -----
23. Which off the following pyramids is formed only in aquatic

ecosystem.

Pyramid of inverted

biomass

24. ---- is loss of feature due to loss of its value in changed environment

Vestigiality

25. They Release digestive enzymes by their hyphae

Fungi

26. Ecologists support ------ concept of communities.

individualistic

27. Distribution and concentration of variable varies in --------

space and time

28. troposphere contains ----- of the atmosphere's mass

75%

29. Koalas are the example of ------

Folivores

30. Insects, frog, turtle undergo -----

Aestivation

31. One of the major disruptions is loss of habitat.

Extinction

32. Layers of atmosphere increases with ------- in some regions

altitude

33. Variability in Net Primary Productivity Wetlands and tropical rain

2000 g/m2/ year

34. Mercury bioaccumulates in the ------ of top predators of the open

ocean

muscles

35. Different colors of Mullerian mimicry depend on ------ and visibility

location

36. Volcanic eruptions release ------ into the atmosphere

sulfur

37. Which of the following is not the characteristic of Eutrophic lake

Good light

penetration

38. Atmosphere is ------ nitrogen by volume

78%

39. ------- are strongly affected by light pollution.

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40. Who was proposed the law of use and disuse

LAMARCK

41. Land fill is the example of --------

Point source

pollution

42. ------ enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability.

Torpor

43. Adult human body contains ----- of water by weight.

60%

44. ------- was Father of geology and stratigraphy

Nicolas Steno

45. In nitrogen cycle Immobilization is the opposite of -------

mineralization

46. Cascade Effect leads to increase in their --------species.

prey

47. Flies and ------- have outlandish proboscises

moths

48. Food chain only follows a direct, ------- pathway of one animal at a

time.

linear

49. Which of the following has low algal growth

Oligotrophic lake

50. a specific functional role and place of an organism called its -------

niche

51. In mesosphere Lower boundary is -------- to 65 kilometres
52. The atmosphere provides Protective shield against radiation and -----

cosmic rays

53. Thermosphere Known as ------

ionosphere

54. It Represent tiny portion of the complexity of real ecosystems

Food Web

55. Each -------- trophic level has its own secondary productivity

heterotroph

56. In interspecific counter-illumination eliminate -------

light

57. In crypsis Animals habitually press their bodies to the -----

ground

58. ------- competition, occurs between two species to use the same

resources

Interspecific

59. The process of -------- through plant leaves is called transpiration
60. ----is the amount of chemical energy as biomass that primary

producers create in a given length of time.

Gross primary

production (GPP)

61. Hibernation occur which of the following animals

Rodents

62. There are ------ types of herbivory depending upon different feeding

habits.

eight

63. They obtain energy by means of inorganic oxidation reactions

Chemoautotrophs

64. Existence of shared ancestry between a pair of structures, or genes,

in different taxa occur in

Divergent evolution

65. Mimicry resemblance of one ------ to another for protective or

aggressive purposes

species

66. Which of the following factor are the major reason of invasion of

species

Human activities

67. Motion dazzling is protection without ------

hiding

68. Bacteria are use to remove organic matter dissolved in water

(ODW)in the ------- process of conventional sewage treatment

Secondary

69. Species Invest more heavily in fewer offspring
70. In water cycle Rate of synthesis and breakdown is-------.

equal

71. Mesosphere called as “-------”.

near space

72. Animals use --------- to make organic molecules

chemical bond

energy

73. Which Microparasites: reproduce inside host

Bacteria

74. Asian Tiger Mosquito Can be a vector for a virus for --------- disease.

West Nile

75. Polar aurora is observed due to entry of solar-----.

winds

76. ------- is key element in survival of life.
77. Weismann made the important distinction between -------cells and ----

-cells.

Germ, somatic

Q78. Which of the following species is hunted for its fur?

Passenger pigeon

79. The process of carbon cycle is sometimes called -------

carbon fixation

80. Intraspecific interaction Follows logistic ------- growth curve

population

81. Friction with atmospheric gases ------them long before they reach the

ground.in atmosphere

destroys

82. ------- bacteria perform Denitrification

Facultative anaerobic

83. In Third Atmosphere Inflow and outflow of CO2 from ------ continental

carbonate stores

large

84. A ----- rapidly changes its color.

Chameloen

85. There are Lower mortality in adults in survivorship curve

Type iii

86. is the slowest cycle

Phosphorus cycle

87. Lagoons Stabilization Ponds are ------ feet deep

3-5’

88. swallows and pink fairy armadillos are ----

Insectivores

89. --------of global fresh water use in agriculture

69% to 90%

90. ------ near the surface, however, harmful to life

Ozone

91. Batesian Mimicry Mimics usually ----- than models

smaller

92. Appearance of an animal that warns predators it is toxic, distasteful

or dangerous.

Aposematism

93. In Mutualism both individuals get ------

benefit

Q94. Which is not the effect of fragmentation?

Genetic drift is

decreased.

95. ------ are sensitive to UV, indirectly affecting crops

Cyanobacteria

96. ------ of human body is carbon by weight.

20%

97. In large forests, an enormous amount of water will ------ through

leaves.

transpire

98. Evidences of evolution are based upon following EXCEPT

Immunology

99. k-selected species are Typically are ----- competitors in such

crowded habitats.

strong

100 Oxygen was produced ---- billion year ago.

2.5

101 Troposphere make 99% of the total ------ of water vapor and aerosols mass

102 12 to 50 km layer of atmosphere is ----

103 ------ Simplified abstractions of real food webs, but complex in their

dynamics

104 It has a half life of 15 year

Dichlorodi

phenyltrichloroethane

105 ----- are worst affected due to their edges.

Plants

106 Sometimes species cannot utilize their ----- niche.

entire

107 Humans are ----- species

108 Tropical deforestation is responsible for approximately ------ of world

greenhouse gas emissions.

20%

109 It has two phase

Exponential Growth

110 These stage from a foraging cycle-----

111 Camouflage also known as ------

Cryptic coloration

112 Transparency more efficient in

deeper water

113 An ---- species becomes invasive when it becomes established in its new

environment and out competes native species

exotic

114 ---- is produced as result of lightening.

Nitric acid

115 The shape of type II survivorship curve is ----

diagonal

116 Female ----- enters via ostiole and oviposits in female flowers

wasp

117 The ----- located directly above the thermosphere.

exosphere

118 -----density populations may attract predators who wouldn’t bother with a

sparser population.

High

119 ----- is useful tool to distinguish atmospheric layers

Temperature

120. 120 . HMS Beagle set sail on December 27, 1831 on a ----- voyage.

5-year

121 Each successional stage is called a -------

seral stage

122 animal wastes, plant residues have -------- BOD

high

123 ------ water holds less DO than cold water

Warm

124 Chemicals that contain carbon atoms are called

Organic Compounds

125 Third Atmosphere Reduces the amount of ------- in the atmosphere

oxygen

126 Zebra Mussel Accidentally introduced to the Great Lakes in ------ 1988.

127 A ------ Feeds on plants such as grasses, soft flowering plants (forbs) and

algae

Grazers

128 Genetic code of ----- is universal.

mRNA

129 Invertebrates predator are such as

jelly fish

130 Ticks and mites are the example of…..

Ectoparasites

131 Removal of the top -------can alter the food web dynamics

predator

132 Which of these Native to the Pacific Ocean

Lionfish

133 They can breakdown Carbohydrate Anaerobically also

bacteria

134 Extinct hippopotamus like animal, now called

Toxodon

135 Disjunct Distribution occur due to following barriers except

Chemical

136 In the process of bacteria. release compounds such as cadaverine and

putrescine causing decaying odor