Which of the following statements regarding responses of organisms to abiotic factors is false?

• All birds and mammals are capable of thermoregulation.

• Majority of animals and nearly all plants cannot maintain a constant internal environment.

• Shivering is a kind of exercise which produces heat and raises body temperature.

• Very small animals are commonly found in polar regions as they have to spend less energy to generate body heat

• Very small animals are commonly found in polar regions as they have to spend less energy to generate body heat

An orchid growing as an epiphyte on a mango tree is an example for

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Mutualism

In the equation, $\frac{d\mathrm{N}}{d\mathrm{t}} = r\mathrm{N}\left(\frac{\mathrm{K} - \mathrm{N}}{\mathrm{K}}\right)$ where r stands for

• Intrinsic rate of natural increase

• Death rate

• Population density at time t

• Carrying capacity

• Carrying capacity

Match Column I with Column II and choose the right option.

Column I	Column II
1. Thomas Malthus	A. Branching descent
2. Hugo deVries	B. Studies on populations
3. Charles Darwin	C. Use and disuse theory
4. Lamarck	D. Saltation

• 1 - D; 2 - A; 3 - C; 4 - B

• 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - C

• 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - C; 4 - A

• 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A; 4 - D

• 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A; 4 - D

The following figure given below is a diagrammatic representation of organismic response to abiotic factors. What do (a), (b) and (c) represent respectively?

• (A) Conformers (B) Regulators (C) Partial regulators

• (A) Regulators (B) Partial regulators(C) Conformers

• (A) Partial regulators (B) Regulators (C) Conformers

• (A) Partial regulators (B) Conformers (C) Regulators

• (A) Partial regulators (B) Conformers (C) Regulators

Allen's rule applies to

• Tribes living in high altitudes

• Mammals from colder climates

• Fish living in Antarctic waters

• Desert lizards

• Desert lizards

Pick out the correct option from (a) to (e)

(A) Primary succession begins in areas where natural communities have been destroyed

(B) Hydrarch succession takes place in water

(C) The climax community is the community that is in near equilibrium with the immediate environment

(D) In newly cooled lava secondary succession occurs

• (A) and (B) are correct, (C) and (D) are incorrect

• (B) and (C) are correct, (A) and (D) are incorrect

• (A) and (D) are correct, (B) and (C) are incorrect

• (B) only is correct, (A), (C) and (D) are incorrect

• (B) only is correct, (A), (C) and (D) are incorrect

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Many fresh water animals cannot live for long in sea water mainly because of the

• Change in the atmosphere

• Change in the levels of thermal tolerance

• variations in light intensity

• Osmotic problems they would face

• Osmotic problems they would face

Match mean annual precipitation in Column I with the biome in Column II and choose the right option.

Column I	Column II
1. 0-50 cm	A. Tropical forest
2. 50-100 cm	B. Coniferous forest
3. 150-400 cm	C. Grassland
4. 50-250 cm	D. Desert

• 1 - D; 2 - C; 3 - A; 4 - B

• 1 - C; 2 - A; 3 - B; 4 - D

• 1 - C; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - B

• 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - C

• 1 - B; 2 - D; 3 - A; 4 - C

The asscoiation that includes herbivores and phytophagous insects is called

• Competition

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Commensalism