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प्रश्न
What name has been given to those organisms which break down the complex organic compounds present in dead animals and plants?
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उत्तर
Organisms that break down the complex organic compounds present in dead animals and plants are called decomposers.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
List two biotic components of a biosphere.
Will the impact of removing all the organisms in a trophic level be different for different trophic levels? Can the organisms of any trophic level be removed without causing any damage to the ecosystem?
In the following food chain, plants provide 500 J of energy to rats. How much energy will be available to hawks from snakes?
Plants → Rats → Snakes → Hawks
Why are plants called producers?
Construct a food chain comprising the following :
Snakes, Hawk, Rats, Plants
Explain the terms 'producer' and 'consumer'. Give two examples of producers and two of consumers.
What is a trophic level?
Which of the following are decomposers of dead organisms?
| Bacteria | Fungi | Viruses |
| (a) no | yes | yes |
| (b) yes | no | yes |
| (c) yes | yes | no |
| (d) yes | yes | yes |
A food chain occurring in the sea which provides food for many people can be written as :
phytoplankton → zooplankton → X → Y
What could be X?
A food chain occurring in the sea which provides food for many people can be written as :
phytoplankton → zooplankton → X → Y
Which organism in the above food chain is a (1) primary consumer, and (2) tertiary consumer?
Fill in the following blank with suitable word :
Plants → Antelope → ............
Explain why, a food chain usually cannot have more than three or four steps.
Name and state the law given by Lindeman which tells us how much energy entering a particular trophic level of organisms is available for trasnsfer to the next higher trophic level.
Which of the following limits the number of trophic levels in a food chain?
(a) insufficient food supply from producer level
(b) decrease in energy at higher trophic levels
(c) increase in the number of organisms at higher trophic levels
(d) accumulation of harmful chemicals at higher trophic levels
A forest ecosystem having a lot of green plants has some foxes, lions and rabbits in it.
(a) Write a food chain comprising all the four organisms mentioned above.
(b) Name (i) one herbivore, and (ii) two carnivores, in this food chain.
(c) Name the link which is a predator as well as a prey.
(d) Name (i) second trophic level, and (ii) third trophic level.
(e) Which link of this food chain can feed on second trophic level as well as third trophic level, independently?
(f) If the sun provides 1000 J of energy to the plants, then how much energy will be transferred to fox through the food chain.
Primary consumers that eat plants are called _______.
Food chains are very important for the survival of most species.

Matter and energy are two fundamental inputs of an ecosystem. Movement of:
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