Describe the functions of producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem

Q: Compare and contrast the factors that limit the net primary productivity in terrestrial versus…

A: Net primary productivity, or NPP, is gross primary productivity minus the speed of energy loss to…

Q: The discipline that applies ecological principles to returningdegraded ecosystems to a more natural…

A: The ecosystem refers to the community of living organisms that interacts with each other and their…

Q: Draw an energy pyramid for an ecosystem with three levels ofconsumers.

A: Step 1 Ecological pyramids are graphic representations of various ecological parameters at the…

Q: Describe how competition for a limited quantity of resources occurs in ecosystems.

A: The study of organisms in their indigenous environment is called ecology. Competition is an…

Q: List the different types of consumers that may be presentin an ecosystem.

A: In a food chain, the consumers are classified as organisms that eat organisms belonging to a…

Q: Define sustainable development. What is meant by the triple bottom line? Why is it important to…

A: Humans have affected nature on a large scale.

Q: Does primary consumers are least dependent upon producers in ecosystem?

A: The ecosystem can be of terrestrial or aquatic type depending upon abiotic factors. A community is…

Q: Which of the terms describes energy made by producers? O Band C O C) Secondary production O A) Net…

A: Autotrophs are the primary producers in ecosystem.  They include photosynthetic plants .

Q: discuss ecosystem productivity with examples

A: Ecosystem productivity can be defined as the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem.…

Q: As energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next, substantial amounts of energy are lost…

A: Ecology is the study of interaction of organisms with one another and with the environment. Ecology…

Q: Define producer, autotroph, consumer, heterotroph, herbivore, primary consumers, carnivore,…

A: Ecology is a biological science branch that deals with the relationship between various organisms,…

Q: Distinguish between Grazing food chain and detritus food chain.

A: The food chain is an ecological concept that involves the series of transfer of energy in the form…

Q: Describe what would happen to an ecosystem if a keystone species disapeared out of the food web

A: A keystone species is an organism that is useful in defining an entire ecosystem. Any organism, from…

Q: Define gross primary production, net primary production, secondary

A: Production in the ecosystem is defined as the generation rate of biomass. In the ecosystem, there…

Q: Describe the flow of nutrients in an ecosystem

A: Nutrients are compounds essential to each and every living thing as they provide energy and act as…

Q: What is the significance of primary consumers (consumers that feed on autotrophs, like herbivores)…

A: Primary consumers make up the second trophic level as they feed on primary producers. In other words…

Q: Summarize the flow of energy through ecosystems and contrast the roles of producers, consumers, and…

A: Energy flow depict how energy flows among organisms present in an ecosystem. Living organisms are…

Q: What type of ecological pyramid would be obtained from 120g secondary consumers, 60g primary…

A: The graphical representation of the relationship between the organisms present in an ecosystem is…

Q: Explain the energy flow among populations through foodwebs and ecological pyramids.

A: Energy is neither created not destroyed. It can only transfer from one organism to another via…

Q: Discuss the interactions between producers and consumers in an ecosystem

A: An ecosystem is a community of living things interacting with the nonliving parts of the…

Q: Explain how biotic potential contributes to exponential and logistic growth.

A: Biotic potential is the maximum growth of the individuals which occur in the environment as all the…

Q: Describe the main abiotic reservoirs for water, carbon, nitrogen,and phosphorus.

A: Biogeochemical cycles are the cyclic pathway followed by a chemical or nutrients in nature. It…

Q: Describe in detail what happens to an ecosystem after a primary disturbance.

A: An ecosystem is a geographical region in which plants, animals, and other species, as well as…

Q: The loss of an apex consumer would impact which trophic level of a food web? a. primary producers b.…

A: The group of living things that live and interact with each other and with the environment in a…

Q: Characterize the following items according to their category of ecosystem services

A: Genetic resources - provisioning service Climate regulation - regulating service Seed dispersal -…

Q: What is Greenhouse Gas

A: Introduction Pollution may be defined as the contamination with harmful chemicals, particles which…

Q: describe the different biotic and abiotic factors in a grassland describe the ecological…

A: Grasslands are open areas of land where grasses or grasslike plants are the prevailing species.…

Q: The first trophic level always consists of a secondary consumers. b tertiary consumers. c producers.…

A: Organisms occupy a place in the natural surroundings aur in a community according to their feeding…

Q: Define producers,consumers and decomposers.

A: An organism is a living thing. Organisms are classified by taxonomy into groups as unicellular…

Q: Name the resources need to be used in a sustainable manner.

A: Natural resources can be divided into renewable and non-renewable resources. A renewable resource…

Q: When you list a greenhouse gas, include its potential source of production on a larger scale. What…

A: Greenhouse gases are gases found in the atmosphere that have the ability to absorb and re - emit…

Q: Characterize the following items according to their category of ecosystem services

A: A bubble of life formed by the the organisms, the environment, the landscape and the weather…

Q: An example of abiotic factors impacting the ecosystem?

A: Abiotic waters are the non living factors like water, temperature, air which are present in our…

Q: describe a local ecosystem and how many population can be impacted due to a short-term environmental…

A: A local ecosystem is a structure of living and non-living beings and their interaction in a…

Q: please briefly explain below terms: Carrying capacity, Ecosystem Services, Endangered species, The…

A: Carrying capacity is denoted by K and it refers to the number of individuals or the average…

Q: Define the terms  consumers, producers and decomposers?

A: In an ecosystem their are different organisms found on different trophic levels according to their…

Q: What is meant by the term sustainable development?

A: The concept of sustainable development has been defined by many ways. One of the description about…

Q: define  primary producer and define secondary consumer

A: Organisms occupy a place in the natural surroundings or in a community according to their feeding…

Q: Define the term ecosystem services. Give three examples of ecosystem services that people would have…

A: A dynamic community that contains a set of physical, chemical, and biological variables in a…

Q: Name the trophic level occupied by secondary consumers & tertiary consumers?

A: The trophic level refers to the position in which an organism occupies in a food chain. At every…

Q: At which level of an energy pyramid would you expect to find the largest population of organisms? a…

A: Introduction Population pyramid reflects the age and gender of a specific population. It is a visual…

Q: omponents of an ecosystem include

A: Components of an ecosystem include: - Biotic Components Abiotic Components

Q: Describe how we can preserve nonreplaceable resources.

A: Non replaceable resources also known as Non-renewable resources as it simply means by its word that…

Q: Give three examples of each biotic interaction, specifically commensalism and competition. Please…

A: In the biosphere, there are numerous intricate relationships. Living organisms form biotic…

Q: Compare renewable versus nonrenewable resources.

A: Introduction Ecological Footprint (EF) represents the demand of a person or a group of a person on…

Energy Flow

Energy flow is the continuous and directional flow of energy through living beings within an ecosystem. All living beings can be segregated into producers and consumers. These producers and consumers can be further divided in a food chain. The term ‘trophic level’ is assigned to each level of the food chain.