Flow of Energy
Flow of Energy: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Energy Flow, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Producers in an Ecosystem, Consumers in an Ecosystem, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers, Grazing Food Chain, Detritus Food Chain, etc.
Important Questions on Flow of Energy
The food chain in which microbes breakdown energy rich compounds synthesized by producers is called:
A scorpion stalks, kills, and then eats a spider. Based on its behaviour, which ecological terms describe the scorpion?
Food chain operating on decaying cow dung or organic remains is referred to as
PAR (Photosynthetically active radiation) from incident solar radiation is
If in an ecosystem, the grasses have energy, what is the amount of energy in the lion available?
The amount of total biomass or organic matter present in an ecosystem is called
Of the total incident solar radiation of percentage photosynthetically Active Radiation captured by the plants
In a food chain, the herbivores are represented by _____.
Regarding ecological food chain, man is a ________.
Study the following statements
(I) Camels are partial regulators or partial conformers decomposers are almost absent
(II) In limnetic zone of a lake, decomposers are almost absent
(III) Ten percent law for the transfer of energy from one trophic level to the next was proposed by Elton
(IV) The natural reservoir of phosphorus is sea
(V) In case of parasitic food chain, the pyramid of number is inverted
Among the above, the incorrect statements are
__________is released as a by-product of photosynthesis
