In the passage, the word 'aquatic community' refers to:
- (a)Biotic community inhabiting the land
- (b)Biotic community found in water
- (c)Biotic community found in the air
- (d)Assemblage of rain and moisture
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, Biotic community found in water. The adjective 'aquatic' means relating to or living in water, so an 'aquatic community' is the community of living organisms that inhabit water. A land-dwelling community would be terrestrial, an air-based one aerial, and 'aquatic community' names living things, not a mere assemblage of rain and moisture.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Biotic community inhabiting the land — A land-dwelling community is called 'terrestrial', not 'aquatic'; since 'aquatic' means relating to water, this option names the wrong habitat.
- (c)Biotic community found in the air — An air-based community is called 'aerial', not 'aquatic'; 'aquatic' points to water, so this option names the wrong habitat.
- (d)Assemblage of rain and moisture — 'Aquatic community' refers to living organisms that inhabit water, not to a collection of rain and moisture, which are non-living, so this misidentifies it as an abiotic assemblage.
Concept
A reading-comprehension vocabulary item on 'aquatic community' as a community of organisms living in water.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
A 'terrestrial community' refers to organisms living:
- (a)in water
- (b)on land
- (c)in the air
- (d)underground only
Answer(b) on land — 'terrestrial' means of the land.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The word 'aquatic' relates to:
- (a)air
- (b)fire
- (c)water
- (d)soil
Answer(c) water — 'aquatic' means relating to water.