WEEK 6

Week 6 — Short Practice Quiz

Based on your uploaded assignments.

1. Importance value can be written as

a. Relative density + Relative frequency X Relative dominance
b. Relative density X Relative frequency + Relative dominance
c. Relative density + Relative frequency + Relative dominance
d. Relative density X Relative frequency X Relative dominance

2. A species found most frequently in a particular community, but also present occasionally in others is called

a. accidental species
b. indifferent species
c. selective species
d. exclusive species

3. Compared to generalist species, specialist species have

a. narrower niches
b. broader niches
c. same-size niches
d. none of these

4. A climax caused by wildfires is an example of

a. climatic climax
b. edaphic climax
c. disclimax
d. catastrophic climax

5. Lithosere is an example of

a. hydrosere
b. xerosere
c. psammosere
d. halosere

6. Which of these is correct?

a. Fundamental niche > Realised niche
b. Fundamental niche = Realised niche
c. Fundamental niche < Realised niche
d. a or b

7. Importance value varies from

a. 0 to 10
b. 0 to 50
c. 0 to 100
d. 0 to 300

8. The climax near Tindni village is being controlled by disturbance by cattle. This is an example of

a. climatic climax
b. edaphic climax
c. disclimax
d. catastrophic climax

9. Which of these is not a characteristic of pioneer species

a. ability to grow on bare rocks
b. ability to tolerate extreme temperatures
c. large size
d. short life span

10. Which of these depicts correctly the lithosere primary succession?

a. Rock → Crustose lichen → Foliose lichen → Moss → Herbaceous → Shrub → Woodland → Climax
b. Rock → Foliose lichen → Crustose lichen → Moss → Herbaceous → Shrub → Woodland → Climax
c. Moss → Crustose lichen → Foliose lichen → Rock → Herbaceous → Shrub → Woodland → Climax
d. Rock → Crustose lichen → Foliose lichen → Shrub → Herbaceous → Moss → Woodland → Climax