AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA
CLASS-X
BIOLOGY
TOPIC: OUR ENVIRONMENT
MLP/RESOURCE SHEET 2
1. What is an ecosystem? What are its components?
2.” All green plants and certain bacteria are called producers”. Give reasons to support the statement.
3. What is the role of bacteria and fungi in an ecosystem? What would happen if there are no
decomposers on earth?
4. Distinguish between a food chain & a food web.
5. What are trophic levels?
6. Food chains generally consist of only 3 or 4 trophic levels. Why is it so?
7. How much energy is transferred to the next trophic level in a food chain?
8. Which trophic level has the highest concentration of toxic substance and why?
[Link] a five step food chain found in grass land with frog as one of the members. What will happen to
organisms at different trophic levels if all the frogs are removed?
10. Observe the food chain
Plant (1000 kJ) --- >Goat ---> Lion
(a) If autotrophs occupying the first trophic level are called producers what are herbivores called as ?
(b) How much energy does the lion get in the above food chain?
11. The number of malaria patients increased tremendously when a large number of frogs were
exported from the village .What could be the cause for it? Explain with the help of a food chain.
[Link] is the flow of energy in the food chain unidirectional?
[Link] is biological magnification?
[Link] of the following organism is likely to have maximum concentration of DDT: Algae, fish, water
flea, frog, bird and why?
15. How is ozone formed in the upper atmosphere? Why is the damage of ozone layer a cause of
concern to us? State causes of this damage.
[Link] between Biodegradable and Non -biodegradable waste.
17. What are the problems caused by the non-biodegradable wastes that we generate?
[Link] can you help in reducing the problem of waste ? Give any two methods.
Following questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions
selecting the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Q.2. Assertion(A) : Spores are unicellular bodies.
Reason (R) : The parent body simply breaks up into smaller pieces on maturation.
Q.3. Assertion(A) : Clones are offspring of an organism formed by asexual reproduction.
Reason (R) : Clones have exact copies of DNA as their parent.
