Question

Study the following lists.

List-I	List-II
(A) A. G Tansley	(I) Classified plant communities
(B) Wanning	(II) Structure and function of Nature
(C) Odum	(Ill) Term 'Biosphere'
(D) Reiter	(IV) Term' Ecology'
	(V) Term`Ecosystem'

Identify the sequence of list II with respect to list I

• A. A- (II), B- (V), C- (I), D- (III)
• B. A- (IV), B- (III), C- (V), D- (II)
• C. A- (IV), B- (III), C- (V), D- (I)
• D. A- (V), B- (I), C- (II), D- (IV)

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

A- (V), B- (I), C- (II), D- (IV)

British ecologist Arthur Tansley, was the first person who coined the term ecosystem in a publication.

A plant community is an association of plant species within a particular area that forms a relatively uniform patch which can be distinguished from neighbouring patches of different vegetation types. The classification of plant communities was carried out by Wanning.

Odum rejected the conventional definition of ecology and defined is as the structure and function of ecosystems.

The term ecology was coined by Reiter.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.