Organisms at each trophic level depend on those at the lower level trophic level for their energy demands except:

1.Primary consumers2.Secondary consumers
3.Tertiary consumers4.Decomposers

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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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Identify the correct statements: 

I: Only a few individuals can be taken into account at any trophic level and the deductions may be generalised.
II: Trophic level is a functional level and does not represent a species.
III:  A given species may occupy more than one trophic level in the same ecosystem at the same time.
 
1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III 4. I, II, III and IV
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The pyramid of biomass in the sea is generally inverted because:

1. the biomass of fish far exceeds that of phytoplankton at any given time
2. the major primary production to the sea is actually contributed by the terrestrial ecosystems
3. the flow of energy level does not follow the laws of thermodynamics in the sea
4. It is not true. The pyramid of biomass can never be inverted in any ecosystem

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Which of the following pyramids can never be inverted in any ecosystem?
1. Pyramid of numbers
2. Pyramid of biomass
3. Pyramid of energy
4. All ecological pyramids can be inverted

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In an ecological pyramid, the saprotrophs:
1. are primary producers
2. can be at any trophic level
3. are not given any place
4. are kept with apex predators

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Ecological succession is:
1. gradual and predictable
2. gradual and unpredictable
3. sudden and predictable
4. sudden and unpredictable

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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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Ecological succession has paralleled:
1. Glaciations
2. Mass extinctions
3. Genetic drifts
4. Evolution

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