Introduction:
Ecosystem is the interaction between the biotic and the abiotic components of the ecosystem. It comprises of the herbivore, carnivore, soil, air water and many more entities.
Answer to Problem 1A
Correct answer:
In an ecosystem, the producers are responsible for converting the solar energy to the stored energy found in the organic compound. Therefore, option (c) is correct.
Explanation of Solution
Reason for the correct statement:
Herbivores convert the solar energy into chemical energy.
Option (c) is given as “producers”.
As “in an ecosystem, the producers are responsible for converting the solar energy to the stored energy found in organic compound”, it is the right answer
Hence, option (c) is correct.
Reason for the incorrect statement:
Option (a) is given as “herbivores”.
Herbivores consume the producers and utilize energy from them. So, it is a wrong answer.
Option (b) is given as “decomposers”.
Decomposers are the organisms that derive energy from dead and decaying matter. So, it is a wrong answer
Option (d) is given as “carnivores”.
Carnivores derive energy from consuming other animals. So, it is a wrong answer
Option (e) is given as “none of these are correct”.
As the producers are responsible for converting the solar energy to the stored energy found in the organic compound. So, it is a wrong answer
Hence, options (a), (b), (d) and (e) are incorrect.
In an ecosystem, the producers are responsible for converting the solar energy to the stored energy found in organic compound.
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