AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
(D) Crop-field
Crop-fields are human-made (artificial) ecosystems. Forests, ponds and lakes are natural ecosystems.
Source: Chapter 13, Section 13.1
The textbook explicitly states: "forests, ponds and lakes are natural ecosystems while gardens and crop-fields are human-made (artificial) ecosystems." For MCQs, simply writing the correct option with a one-line justification is sufficient for full marks.