Decomposition of detritus is rapid when:
1. It is rich in lignin and chitin
2. Ambient temperature is low
3. Environment favours anaerobiosis
4. It predominantly contains nitrogen and sugars

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What percentage of photosynthetic active radiation is captured by plants?

1.1 – 52.2 – 10
3.504.90

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Primary carnivores are, most aptly, characterized as:

1.Secondary producers2.Primary consumers
3.Secondary consumers4.Tertiary consumers

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In a terrestrial ecosystem, a much larger fraction of energy flows through the:

1.DFC2.GFC
3.Either of DFC or GFC4.Nither of DFC nor GFC

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In an aquatic food chain, zooplankton occupy which trophic level?

1.  First 2.  Second
3.  Third 4.  Fourth
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Each trophic level has a certain mass of living material at a particular time, best called as:

1.Biomass2.Standing state
3.Standing crop4.Gross productivity

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Approximately, what percent of energy is transferred to each trophic level from the lower trophic level in an ecosystem?

1.12.10
3.504.90

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The entire sequence of communities that successively change in a given area are called:
1. Taxa
2. Seres
3. Pioneers
4. Climax

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In which of the following instances would an ecological succession regarded as secondary?
1. Newly cooled lava
2. Bare rock
3. Newly created pond
4. Abandoned farmland

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Ecological succession leads to mesic conditions in: 

I:  Hydrarch succession
II:  Xerarch succession

1. Both I and II
2. Only I
3. Only II
4. Neither I nor II

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