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ECOSYSTEM

1.State what does ‘standing crop’ of a trophic level represent.

2. . List any two ways of measuring the standing crop of a trophic level.

3. Differentiate between standing state and standing crop in an ecosystem.

4. 14. Standing crop and biomass are related to each other, how?

5. What is a detritus food chain made up of? How do they meet their energy and nutritional
requirements.

6. Mention the role of pioneer species in primary succession on rocks

7. Why green plants are not found beyond a certain depth in the ocean?

8. . Why is an earthworm called a detritivore?

9. . How is ‘stratification’ represented in a forest ecosystem?

10. How are productivity, gross productivity, net primary productivity and secondary productivity
interrelated?

11. “It is possible that a species may occupy more than one trophic level in the same ecosystem at
the same time.” Explain with the help of one example.

12. Justify the importance of decomposers in an ecosystem.

13. . Why is earthworm considered a farmer’s friend? Explain humification and mineralisation
occurring in a decomposition cycle.

14. What is an incomplete ecosystem? Explain with the help of a suitable example
15. Compare the two ecological pyramids of biomass given below and explain the situations in
which this is possible. Also, construct an ideal pyramid of energy, if 200,000 joules of sunlight is
available.

16. Differentiate between two different types of pyramids of biomass with the help of one example
of each.

17. “In a food-chain, a trophic level represents a functional level, not a species.” Explain

18. Identify the type of the given ecological pyramid and give one example each of pyramid of
number and pyramid of biomass in such cases.

19. Explain with the help of two examples, how the pyramid of number and the pyramid of biomass
can look inverted..

20. . How does primary succession start in water and lead to the climax community? Explain.

21. Describe the inter-relationship between productivity, gross primary productivity and net
productivity

22. Draw a pyramid of biomass and pyramid of energy in sea. Give your comments on the type of
pyramids drawn

23. (a) Name the type of detritus that decomposes faster. List any two factors that enhance the rate
of decomposition. (b) Write the different steps taken in humification and mineralisation during the
process of decomposition.
24. (a) Describe primary succession that occurs on bare rock. (b) Differentiate between xerarch and
hydrarch successions

25. (a) Explain primary productivity and the factors that influence it. (b) Describe how do oxygen and
chemical composition of detritus control decomposition.

26. . Describe the process of decomposition of detritus under the following heads: Fragmentation;
leaching; catabolism; humification and mineralisation

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