Flow of Energy
Flow of Energy: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Detritus Food Chain, Energy Flow, Grazing Food Chain, Primary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Standing Crop and, Producers in an Ecosystem
Important Questions on Flow of Energy
The food chain in which microbes breakdown energy rich compounds synthesized by producers is called:

The variation in standing crops within and between the years is due to seasonal factors and usage by ruminant animals.

The amount of total biomass or organic matter present in an ecosystem is called

How can you measure the standing crop of a trophic level?

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

DFC is the major conduit for energy flow in an aquatic ecosystem.

The base tier of the ecological pyramid represents the _____ (producers/primary consumers) in an ecosystem.

Wavelength found in photosynthetically active radiation


Of the total incident solar radiation, the proportion of PAR is

Which of the following are consumers of second-order?





The trophic level of lion in a forest ecosystem is



If the plant producer dies in the ecosystem, then the system is

In a food chain of grassland ecosystem, the top consumers are
