Total energy fixed by an ecosystem is called

  • A

    Primary production

  • B

    Gross production

  • C

    Net production

  • D

    Secondary production

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If phytoplankton are destroyed in the sea, then

Which of the following statement is not correct about energy flow in an ecosystem?

Given below is a list of autotrophs and heterotrophs. With your knowledge about food chain, establish various linkages between the organisms on the principle of ‘eating and being eaten’. What is this inter-linkage established known as ?

Algae, hydrilla, grasshopper, rat, squirrel, crow, maize plant, deer, rabbit, lizard, wolf, snake, peacock, phytoplankton, crustaceans, whale, tiger, lion, sparrow, duck, crane, cockroach, spider, toad, fish, leopard, elephant, goat, nymphae, spirogyra.

One of the following atoms often limit the primary productivity of an ecosystem

Assertion : In a food chain, members of successive higher levels are fewer in number.
Reason : Number of organisms at any trophic level depends upon the availability of organisms which serve as food at the lower level.

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