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1
State in which month is the rainfall the highest in area A.
Nov/Des
July/Aug
March/April
2
Which of the following is not part of the biotic environment?
Animals
Water
Vegetation
Orchard
3
Organisms, such as plants, that produce their own food are called
Foodtrophs
Heterotrophs
Autotrophs
4
2.1. Ecology is the relationships between living organisms and their surroundings.
False
True
5
3. Organic farming is Not the practice of using...
Green manure
Humus fertiliser
Growth hormones
Chicken waste
6
Biotic factors are the non-living.
True
False
7
When a bigger animal eats a smaller one, it is called a
Carnivore
Food chain
Herbivore
8
8. Factors that does NOT influence climate is...
Soil
Rainfall
Humidity
Temperature
9
1. One of the following is not an abiotic factor.
Sun
Plants
Soil
Water
10
2.4 Palatability is how tasty a grazing plant is to an animal.
False
True
11
Which of the following is not a physiographic factor?
Slope of the land
Altitude
Length of day
Aspect
12
In South Africa we have 7 biomes
True
False
13
2.3. Food chain is a series of living organisms where each organism is a source of food for the next in the chain.
True
False
14
The biotic component of any ecosystem is its:
Water
Temperature
Community
Climate
15
Organisms that feed on secondary consumers are
Tertiary
Primary
Secondary
16
2.2 Indigenous is the knowledge that animals have about their surroundings.
False
True
17
A major regional ecological community of plants and animals that are defined by vegetation type and climate.
Biome
Biosphere
Community
Population
18
Organisms that cannot make their own food ( and need producers) are called
Autotrophs
Notrophs
Heterotrophs
19
Organisms that feed on primary consumers are called
Independent
Secondary
Primary
20
Mention any factors that determine the carrying capacity of the nature.
All of the above
Mixed veld
Sweet veld
Sour veld
21
5. Knowledge used when erecting a fence from local materials, like branches of a thorn tree, to protect an enclosure.
Indigenous knowledge
Biological knowledge
Scientific knowledge
Agricultural knowledge
22
2.5 Rotational grazing system is where a farmer divides the pasture into camps and use one camp at a time.
False
True
23
2. The type of farming where the person farms for himself and his family.
Conventional farming
Large scale farming
Commercial farming
Subsistence farming
24
Abiotic factors are the living components.
False
True
25
Biosphere is the portion of the earth in which living organisms are found.
False
True
26
When ecologists describe how an organism lives, they are describing its:
Community
Niche
Ecology
Habitat
27
A population is made up of:
Ecosystems
Species
Individuals
Communities
28
Which of the following forms part of the abiotic environment?
Rain
Wood
Food
Vegetation
29
On a food chain producers are plants.
True
False
30
6. A group of animals that have the same characteristics
Species
Genus
Organisms
Community
31
1. From the diagram above name one producer.
Bird
Grass
Owl
32
Identify one primary consumer.
Bird
Grasshopper
Snake
33
9. .. is the state of the pasture in relation to its function.
Pasture condition
Ecological status
Pasture management
Overgrazing
34
4. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefits is called..
Competition
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
35
10. Carbon cycle involves the following processes:
All of the above
Compaction
Photosynthesis
Respiration pasture management
36
The edaphic factor in an ecosystem is:
Light
Soil
Temperature
Gases
37
Which of the following is a lithographic factor?
pH of the soil
Light intensity
Slope
CO2 concentration in the air
38
7. farming is the commercialisation of wild by private land owner..
Conservation
Preservation
Game
Precision
39
This diagram illustrates a food web
True
False
40
How is an ecosystem organised
Individual, community, population, biome
Individual, population, community, biome