Communities and Ecosystems
Communities and Ecosystems: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Ecosystem, Ecological Succession, Biomes, Gross Primary Productivity, Net Primary Productivity, Productivity in Ecosystem, Climographs, Feed Conversion Ratios, Ocean Food Web and, Gersmehl Diagram
Important Questions on Communities and Ecosystems
What is a biome give an example?

The type of succession takes place in an area after an ecological disturbance like forest fire or agricultural practices is called

The environmental disturbance on ecosystem does not affect the ecological succession.

Lower FCR is the indication of efficient food source.

What is feed conversion ratio?

Explain Gersmehl diagram with an example.

Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the bracket.
The above diagram is called _____. (Gersmehl Diagram/Climograph)

Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the bracket.
_____ is the graphical representation of a location's basic climate. (Climograph, Cladogram, Hyetograph)


Predict what would happen to the following ocean food web if a disease killed most guillemots.

Draw a diagram of a simple ocean food web.

What is productivity of an ecosystem?

The ability to produce the organic compound in unit time is

The rate of storage of organic matter not used by consumers is termed as

Which of the following is estimated in either chlorophyll content or photosynthetic number

Which of the following is expected to have the highest value (gm/m2/yr) in a grassland ecosystem?
