Chapter 7: Man & Environment - Biology Mcqs for High School - Grade 10 - Set 1

1)   Which of the following is the correct order for a simple food chain?

a. grasshopper, sparrow, grass, hawk
b. grass, grasshopper, sparrow, hawk
c. hawk, sparrow, grass, grasshopper
d. grass, hawk, grasshopper, sparrow
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: grass, grasshopper, sparrow, hawk

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2)   Symbiosis is a relationship between the members of

a. same species
b. two species
c. different species
d. equal species
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: different species

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3)   Burning of petroleum produces

a. nitrogen dioxide
b. ammonium dioxide
c. sulphur dioxide
d. carbon dioxide
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: sulphur dioxide

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4)   The process in which inorganic nutrients are enriched with water is called

a. industrialization
b. pollution
c. eutrophication
d. contamination
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: eutrophication

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5)   Considering the Earth's ecosystem, the consumers are classified as

a. autotrophs
b. heterotrophs
c. tertiary autotrophs
d. secondary autotrophs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: heterotrophs

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6)   The hydrocarbons (alkanes and alkenes), oxides of nitrogen (NO, NO2) and Sulfur (SO, SO2, SO3) and fluorine (F2) are released by the

a. fertilizer industries
b. thermal industries
c. textile industries
d. steel industries
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: fertilizer industries

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7)   The lakes and forests are best classified as examples of

a. artificial ecosystem
b. natural ecosystem
c. natural biosphere
d. artificial biosphere
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: natural ecosystem

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8)   The minerals are used as nutrients by

a. decomposer
b. producer
c. consumer
d. autotrophs
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: producer

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9)   Where does Rhizobium live?

a. animal stomach
b. human intestine
c. animals brain
d. root nodules
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: root nodules

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10)   The main component of many biomolecules is

a. carbon
b. sulphur
c. potassium
d. nitrogen
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: nitrogen

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11)   The harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays are visible in Australia and

a. England
b. Japan
c. China
d. New Zealand
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: New Zealand

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12)   The name of the United Nations organization which advice on prevention of greenhouse gases is

a. intergovernmental panel on climate change
b. international panel on climate change
c. interregional bureau on climate change
d. intergovernmental panel of climate control
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: intergovernmental panel on climate change

Explanation:
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13)   The landslides, global warming, floods, and soil erosions are all the effects of

a. deforestation
b. afforestation
c. overpopulation
d. global warming
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: deforestation

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14)   The examples of tertiary consumers or secondary carnivores are

a. plants and protozoan
b. cattle and deer
c. lions and tigers
d. owls and wolves
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: owls and wolves

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15)   Ecology is the study of the relationship between the organism and their

a. climate
b. weather
c. plants
d. environment
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: environment

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16)   In the food chain, fewer animals are present at

a. beginning of food chain
b. end of food chain
c. center of chain
d. top of chain
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: end of food chain

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17)   The Sulfur dioxide (SO2), soot and flu ash are pollutants released by

a. textile industries
b. steel industries
c. fertilizer industries
d. thermal industries
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: thermal industries

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18)   The concept of the ecological pyramid was developed in

a. 1928
b. 1970
c. 1983
d. 1927
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1927

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19)   The population that interact with one another and live in a particular habitat are best classified as

a. community
b. biosphere
c. ecosystem
d. population
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: community

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20)   All carnivore animals are

a. scavengers
b. predators
c. inhibitors
d. competitors
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: predators

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