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, and Detritus Food Chain.
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?
Of the total incident solar radiation of percentage photosynthetically Active Radiation captured by the plants
In a food chain, the herbivores are represented by _____.
DFC is the major conduit for energy flow in an aquatic ecosystem.
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
The base tier of the ecological pyramid represents the _____ (producers/primary consumers) in an ecosystem.
Which are more numerous, Secondary consumers or Tertiary consumers?
__________is released as a by-product of photosynthesis
____________of sunlight is used for photosynthesis
Wavelength found in photosynthetically active radiation
The trophic level of zooplankton living in an aquatic ecosystem will be:
Select the WRONG statement regarding energy flow in an ecosystem.
Of the total incident solar radiation, the proportion of PAR is
Which of the following is one-way flow rather than a two way or cyclic flow?
