| Assertion (A): | It is convenient to divide the global ecosystem into some basic categories. |
| Reason (R): | Global ecosystem is too big to study at once. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A) |
| 3. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
| 4. | (A) is False but (R) is True |
| 1. | Forest ecosystem | 2. | Marine ecosystem |
| 3. | Grassland ecosystem | 4. | Tundra ecosystem |
| 1. | the community of pioneers in ecological succession. |
| 2. | the establishment of only one type of primary producer in the ecosystem. |
| 3. | being in near equilibrium with the environment. |
| 4. | rapidly changing community in its composition of species. |
| Statement I: | Nutrients are never lost from the ecosystems, rather they are recycled time and again indefinitely. |
| Statement II: | The amount of nutrients, such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, etc., present in the soil at any given time, is referred to as the standing crop. |
| 1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
| 2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
| 3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
| 4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
| 1. | fragmentation | 2. | leaching |
| 3. | catabolism | 4. | mineralisation |