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1
Animals eat plants and ___________and absorb these vitamins and minerals to get energy.
Non living things
Wood
Vitamins
Other animals
2
Water, light, wind, soil, humidity fall in the category of _____________________
Abiotic componets
Living components
Biotic components
Waste components
3
All that surrounds livings things and affects their growth and development is called their ______________
Environment
Growth
Development
None of these
4
Animals that eat dead animals or plants are called ___________________
Producers
Insectivores organisms
Scavengers
Omnivores
5
The organisms that feed on both plant and animal products are called _________________ .
Herbivores
Carnivores
Consumers
6
What does environment mean ?
Light
Water
Surrounding
Temperature
7
________________________ are the microorganisms which help in the breakdown of food material and convert it into the simpler forms so that it get mixed with the soil.
Plants
Animals
Decomposers.
All of these.
8
The organisms that depend upon the food produced by autotrophs are called ________________
Saprophyte
Heterotrophs
9
Abiotic components are _______________
Humidity
Wind
All of These
10
Decomposers are essential for the ___________ and survival of an ecosystem.
Instability
Disturbance
Stability
Performance
11
Abiotic components include the following :
Air, water and plants
Plants, animals and soil
Air, water and soil
Soil, plants and water
12
Which group of organisms listed below does not need to feed on other biotic elements?
Decomposers
Detrivores
13
The plant life of a given region, habitat or geological stratum irrespective of the numerical strength of each species is called_____
Vegetation
Community
Flora
Population
14
A gardener rakes the leaves in her yard in the winter and scatters them in a thick layer over her garden beds. By late spring the next year the leaves have disappeared. This could be the work of which types of creatures?
Scavengers and herbivores
Omnivores and Scavengers
Detrivores and decomposers
Detrivores, decomposers and scavengers
15
Which of the following is an abiotic components of the ecosystem ?
Bacteria
Humus
Fungi