Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Which of the following represents a possible food chain found in a pond :
| Primary producers |
Primary consumers | Secondary consumers |
| (a) green algae | fish | mosquito larvae |
| (b) fish | green algae | mosquito larvae |
| (c) mosquito larvae | fish | green algae |
| (d) green algae | mosquito larvae | fish |
Solution
green algae, mosquito larvae, fish
In a pond, green algae are the primary producers. Green algae are consumed by mosquito larvae, which therefore become the primary consumers. Mosquito larvae are consumed by fish, which then become the secondary consumers.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
"Our food grains such as wheat and rice, the vegetables and fruits and even meat are found to contain varying amounts of pesticide residues." State the reason to explain how and why it happens?
Fill in the following blank with suitable word :
Decomposer organisms are..........in their action.
Write one or two word for the following statement/definition :
Each level of food chain where transfer of energy takes place
A food chain occurring in the sea which provides food for many people can be written as :
phytoplankton → zooplankton → X → Y
Name two zooplanktons.
What provides the energy which then flows through a food chain?
(a) glucose
(b) oxygen
(c) respiration
(d) sunlight
Which of the following gets the minimum energy through the food chain in an ecosystem?
(a) carnivore
(b) large carnivore
(c) producer
(d) herbivore
What would happen if an organism is removed from the food chain?
In a given food chain if the amount of energy at the fourth trophic level is 6 kJ, what will be the energy available at the producer level?
The process of accumulation of harmful chemical substances like pesticides, in the body of living organisms at each trophic level of a food chain is known as ______.
Study the picture given below showing three food chains (a), (b) and (c) and answer the following questions:
- Name the type of ecosystems that exist in food chains (b) and (c).
- The first trophic level in all food chains is producers. Why? What percentage of solar energy do these producers capture for their use?
- Why are the arrows shown in the diagram in one direction only and not vice versa? Justify.
