HOTS Questions: Ecosystem: Interdependence in Nature

Q1: Plant: Producer:: Animal : ________.
(a) Consumer
(b) Producer
(c) Decomposer
(d) Jungle
Ans: (a)
As plants are the producers which make food using sunlight, water and nutrients by the process of photosynthesis, similarly animals are the consumers which consume food.

Q2: How many biomes are there?
(a) Five
(b) Four
(c) Three
(d) Six
Ans: (d)
There are 6 biomes viz. Arctic Tundra, Deciduous Forest, Desert, Taiga, Tropical Rainforest and Tropical Savanna.

Q3: Which part of the food chain only eats meat?
(a) Herbivore
(b) Carnivore
(c) Producer
(d) Decomposer
Ans: (b)
Carnivores are the part of food chains that are meat eaters.

Q4: What is the habitat of whale?
(a) Air
(c) Ocean
(c) Mountain
(d) Forest
Ans: (b)
Whale lives in ocean.

Q5: What are the consumers that eat only plants, called?
(a) Carnivores
(b) Herbivores
(c) Omnivores
(d) Decomposers
Ans: (b)
Consumer that eat only plant are called herbivores.

Q6: Plant: Flora:: Animals : __________.
(a) Herbivore
(b) Carnivore
(c) Fauna
(d) Decomposers
Ans: (c)
As plants are analogous to flora, similarly animals are analogous to fauna. Herbivores, carnivores and decomposers are all animals that describe a fauna.

Q7: What are those plants and animals called that get their energy by eating other things?
(a) Producers
(b) Herbivores
(c) Decomposers
(d) Consumers
Ans: (d)
Consumers get their energy by consuming other things such as plants and animals. Plants are the only producers whereas all others are consumers or decomposers.

Q8: ________ is the largest biome.
(a) Taiga
(b) Tropical rainforest
(c) Desert
(d) Tundra
Ans: (a)
Taiga is the largest biome.

Q9: What is the living part of an ecosystem called?
(a) Producer
(b) Country
(c) Factory
(d) Community
Ans: (d)
Living part of an ecosystem is called community.

Q10: In the food chain, plants are the _________.
(a) Producers
(b) Consumers
(c) Decomposers
(d) None of the above  
Ans: (a)
In a food chain, plants are the producers.