Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

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Energy Flow in an Ecosystem: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Food Chains, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Food Web, Biomass, Detritus Food Chain, Energy Flow, Grazing Food Chain, Primary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers, Secondary Consumers and, Standing Crop

Important Questions on Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

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Which out of detritus food chain and grazing food begins with plants:

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Food chain starts with

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10% law of energy transfer was given by:

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The food chain in which microbes breakdown energy rich compounds synthesized by producers is called:

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A scorpion stalks, kills, and then eats a spider. Based on its behaviour, which ecological terms describe the scorpion?

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Mr. X is eating curd/yoghurt. For this food intake in a food chain Mr. X should be considered as occupying

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Trophic levels are formed by:

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Which of the following is not correctly matched ?

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Food chain operating on decaying cow dung or organic remains is referred to as

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Frog, snake and eagle belongs to

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PAR (Photosynthetically active radiation) from incident solar radiation is

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Which of the following statements is correct?

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Driving force for an ecosystem is

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Identify the correct statement.

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Primary carnivores belong to –

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Energy flow in an ecosystem is always:

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If in an ecosystem, the grasses have 10000 J energy, what is the amount of energy in the lion available?

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Chemosynthetic bacteria obtain energy from

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Of the total incident solar radiation of percentage photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) captured by the plants

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In a food chain, the herbivores are represented by _____.