An animal which captures and readily kills live animals for its food is known as:

Related Mcqs:

1. A striking example of ______ is that of a ruminant animal such as a cow and the bacteria that live in its gut:

   A. Parasitism
   B. Commensalism
   C. Mutualism
   D. None of these

2. A chemical, which kills the weeds, is known as:

   A. Insecticide
   B. Pesticide
   C. Herbicide
   D. Germicide

3. Vast Indus food plains have been cleared of natural vegetation to grow crops. Very little wildlife habitat has been left. Only the animals like ______ and the wild hare occur in these areas:

   A. Jackal, Mangoose
   B. Jungle Cat, Civet Cat
   C. Sclay Ant Earter, Desert Cat
   D. All of the above

4. Sewage drained into water bodies kills fishes because:

   A. It gives off a bad small
   B. It removes the food eaten by fishes
   C. It increases the competition with fishes for dissolved oxygen
   D. Excessive CO2 is added to water

5. An association between two organisms belonging to different species, which live together for mutual benefit or on partner gets benefit and other, is neither benefited nor harmed is known as:

   A. Predation
   B. Parasitism
   C. Symbiosis
   D. None of these

6. The ration of food energy assimilated to the food energy ingested is called:

   A. Trophic level efficiency
   B. Photosynthetic efficiency
   C. Net production efficiency
   D. Assimilation efficiency

7. Mr. X is eating curd/yoghurt. For this food intake in a food chain he should be considered as occupying:

   A. First trophic level
   B. Second trophic level
   C. Third trophic level
   D. Fourth trophic level

8. In an aquatic environment, microscopic animals and plants are collectively known:

   A. Commensals
   B. Herbivores
   C. Fauna and flora
   D. Planktons

9. The transfer of food energy from the source in plants through a series of organism with repeated stages of eating and being eaten is known as:

   A. Food web
   B. Food chain
   C. Food cycle
   D. None of these

10. The transfer of food energy from the sources in plants through a series of organisms with repeated stages of eating and being eaten is known as:

    A. Food way
    B. Food web
    C. Food link
    D. Food chain