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The detritus food chain has all the following characteristics, except

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Important Questions on Ecosystem

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Match the following columns and select the correct option.

Column – I Column – II
(a) Grass (i) Decomposers
(b) Deer (ii) Primary carnivore
(c) Wolf (iii) Key industry animal
(d) Bacteria (iv) Primary producers
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In which of the following biomes, decomposition of detritus will be fastest?
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Which of the following organisms in the given food web act as a secondary consumer?

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If we completely remove the decomposers from an ecosystem, the ecosystem functioning will be adversely affected because:
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In hydrarch succession, reed–swamp stage is replaced by
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Match Column I with Column II and select the option with correct code.

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(a) Gross primary productivity (i) Green plants
(b) Secondary productivity (ii) Rate of synthesis of organic matter by consumers
(c) Transducers (iii) Total organic matter produced from solar energy
(d) Food web (iv) Interconnection of food chains
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Which one of the following processes during decomposition is correctly described?
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Read the given statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1: Major reservoirs of phosphorus are phosphate rocks and fossil bone deposits laid down in the past geological ages.
Statement 2: During weathering of rocks, minute amounts of these phosphates dissolve in soil solution and are absorbed by the roots of the plants.