The first link in any food chain is always a green plant because

  • A

    They are widely distributed

  • B

    They are firmly fixed to the soil

  • C

    They alone have a capacity to fix atmospheric $CO_2$ in the presence of sunlight

  • D

    All of the above

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Name an organism found as secondary carnivore in an aquatic ecosystem.

Most animals that live in deep oceanic waters are

  • [NEET 2015]

Assertion : A network of food chains existing together in an ecosystem is known as food web.
Reason : An animal like kite cannot be a part of a food web.

  • [AIIMS 2008]

First link in any food chain is a green plant because

Choose correct answer.

$(1)$ Zooplanktons are primary producers in an aquatic ecosystem.

$(2)$ Decomposition is largely an oxygen requiring process.

$(3)$ In a natural ecosystem, fishes, wolf, etc. are carnivore.

$(4)$ The amount of energy decreases in each successive trophic level.