Communities and Ecosystems

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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

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What is a biome give an example?

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

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

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Lower FCR is the indication of efficient food source.

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What is feed conversion ratio?

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Explain Gersmehl diagram with an example.

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The above diagram is called _____. (Gersmehl Diagram/Climograph)

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_____ is the graphical representation of a location's basic climate. (Climograph, Cladogram, Hyetograph)

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What is climographs?

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

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Draw a diagram of a simple ocean food web.

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What is productivity of an ecosystem?

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The ability to produce the organic compound in unit time is

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

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

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