There are certain limitations of ecological pyramids which include:
I: They do not take into account the same species belonging to two or more trophic levels.
II: They do not accommodate a food web.
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
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How many of the given statements are true?
I: The trophic level of an organism is the position it occupies in a food web.
II: The trophic level represents species and not a functional level.
III: A given organism occupies only one trophic level in a food chain.
IV: The trophic level of an organism is the number of steps it is from the start of the chain.
 
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
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Ecological pyramids represent the:
1. Biomass, energy, or number of organisms at each trophic level in a food chain.
2. Interaction between different species within an ecosystem.
3. Migration patterns of different species in an ecosystem.
4. Reproductive success rate across different trophic levels.
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Consider the given two statements:
Assertion (A): In a terrestrial ecosystem, the pyramid of biomass is generally upright.
Reason (R): Producers have a higher biomass than that of consumers in terrestrial ecosystems.
Choose the correct option.
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is True but (R) is False.
4. (A) is False but (R) is True.
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About what per cent of the energy in the sunlight, available to them, primary producers can convert into Net Primary Productivity (NPP)?
1. 1
2. 10
3. 50
4. 90
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Which of the following ecological pyramids is/are never inverted in any ecosystem?
I: Pyramid of numbers
II: Pyramid of biomass
III: Pyramid of energy
1. Only I and II
2. Only III
3. Only I and III
4. I, II and III
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