Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Give two examples of artificial or man made ecosystems. List the salient features by which they differ from natural ecosystems.
Solution
Crop fields and aquarium considered man-made ecosystems. In artificial ecosystems, the biotic and abiotic components of ecosytems are maintained artificially by regular feeding and clearing of aquarium and regular irrigation and sowing of seeds in the crop field ecosystem. A natural ecosystem self-sustains biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Distinguish between Litter and detritus.
Answer the following question:
What do detritus food chains begin with?
Which one of the following has the largest population in a food chain?
If 20000 K Cal energy is available at the level of producers, what will be the amount of energy available at the level of secondary consumers.
Trophic level of food chain having greatest amount of energy is ______.
In relation to energy transfer in ecosystem, explain the statement "10 kg of deer's meat is equivalent to 1 kg of lion's flesh".
What will happen to an ecosystem if all producers are removed?
Which of the following requires maximum energy?
Study the food chain given below and answer the question that follows:
Is it possible to have 2 more trophic levels in this food chain just before the fourth trophic level? Justify your answer.
