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• Write true or false for the following statements:The green plants capture about 10% of the energy of sunlight that falls on their leaves and convert it into food energy.
• Which of the following can convert the absorbed (Solar energy) sunlight into chemical energy ? A) Animals B) Decomposers C) Producers D) Carnivores
• A pyramid of.........can never be inverted.(A) Energy(B) Biomass(C) Productivity(D) Number
• The percentage of solar radiation absorbed by all the green plants for the process of photosynthesis is about (a) 1 % (b) 5 % (c) 8 % (d) 10 %
• Define the following terms: 1. Perpetual2. Phytoplankton3. Regurgitate4. Substantial5. Rivulet
• Consider the following. a. Biomass is prominent in terrestrial ecosystem b. Pyramid of biomass is always upright A) Both a and b are true B) a is true, b is false C) b is true, a is false D) Both a and b are false
• Why Pyramid of biomass inverted in case of aquatic ecosystem?
• Which group of organisms are not constituents of a food chain? (i) Grass, lion, rabbit, wolf (ii) Plankton, man, fish, grasshopper (iii) Wolf, grass, snake, tiger (iv) Frog, snake, eagle, grass, grasshopper (a) (i) and (iii) (b) (iii) and (iv) (c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (i) and (iv)
• In an aquatic ecosystem, the biomass of phytoplankton is : A) quite negligible B) greater C) lesser D) none of these
• Write briefly about Minamata disease.