Gross primary productivity refers to the total

Q: Give brief description of factors that affects primary productivity.

A: The total amount of energy that is trapped, or “fixed,” by all autotrophs in an ecosystem is called…

Q: Define Gross Primary Productivity.

A: The rate of synthesis of organic matter or biomass produced at any trophic level during a given…

Q: What is primary productivity?

A: Primary producers are all green plant which synthesizes food from sunlight. They are also known as…

Q: What do you mean by “productivity of an ecosystem? What are the types ofproductivity also mention…

A: An ecosystem includes both the living and non-living components of an area. Within an ecosystem,…

Q: How do gross primary productivity (GPP) and net primary productivity (NPP) differ?

A: Energy flows through natural pathways and biogeochemical cycles. This includes the flow of amounts…

Q: Which metabolic process causes a reduction in the Gross Primary Productivity?

A: Gross primary productivity is the overall rate of energy capture.  A large part of the harnessed…

Q: Which is the larger number? O gross primary productivity O net primary productivity

A: In ecology , we have different trophic  levels,  at bottom of which we have the autotrophs .

Q: Draw an exponential and a logistic growth curve, andexplain what accounts for their different…

A: Population growth occurs when the number of individuals in the population increases. Death rates,…

Q: To distinguish: The gross primary productivity and net primary productivity.

A: The sun state that they are been defined to provide energy to the Earth in the form of light. The…

Q: Distinguish between gross primary production and net primaryproduction.

A: The ecosystem can be defined as the geographic area where the plants, animals, and other organisms,…

Q: What is the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?

A: FOOD WEB:- This is the energy that is transferred from one organism to another through the eating of…

Q: Define Net Primary Productivity. To get this right, you must mention GPP in your answer (In a way…

A: Gross primary productivity (GPP): It is the total amount of organic matter synthesised by…

Q: low much energy is available at the secondary consumer level? 200 joules 20 joules 200,000 joules

A: We all know plants or autotrophs are the producers in the food chain. They are the only self-feeding…

Q: Why is the rate of assimilation of energy at the herbivore level called secondary productivity?

A: Productivity is the rate of generation of the biomass by an individual,population or community in an…

Q: How is dry matter production related to temperature and primary productivity

A: Dry matter: the expression of plants or animals productivity in terms of dry weight of material…

Q: Discuss how reuse and recycling of materials can reduce the imapct of human material consumption and…

A: Answer :- As we know that reuse and recycling of materials can reduce pollution and provide healthy…

Q: If 100,000 kJ of energy is available to the producers, how much energy is available to the secondary…

A: The ten percent rule states that each trophic level can only give 10% of its energy to the next…

Q: importance of aquaculture in the fisheries

A: Aquaculture is the process of cultivating aquatic organisms, especially for human consumption.…

Q: As the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increases, how will primary productivity impacted?…

A: As the level of carbon dioxide increases the heat in the surrounding environment increases too. The…

Q: How would the growth rate pattern be affected by infinite resources?

A: There are two growth models namely,(a) Exponential growth(b) Logistic growth

Q: Marguerite plants a vegetable garden in Maine. And water plants a similar garden in Florida. Based…

A: Primary production refers to the new or fresh organic matter produced by autotrophs including plans…

Q: Difference between Primary and secondary productivity.

A: Ecosystem is a community or collection of living organisms that live in and interacts with each…

Q: Name the resources need to be used in a sustainable manner.

A: Natural resources can be divided into renewable and non-renewable resources. A renewable resource…

Q: What is gross primary productivity and net primary productivity?

A: Most algae, plants, and cyanobacteria are the photoautotrophs as they perform photosynthesis.

Q: In what type of ecosystem would you find high productivity? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

A: An ecosystem can be defined as a self-sustaining, self-regulated functional and structural unit of…

Q: Differentiate between primary productivity & secondary productivity?

A: Biomass is the plant’s or animal’s organic material used to produce energy. In an ecosystem, the…

Q: Did the normal growth curve grow at a slower or faster pace than in the new growth curve? Did they…

A: An increased curve is a graphical illustration that indicates the path of a phenomenon over the…

Q: List three criteria for sustainable biofuel production.

A: Biofuel can be defined as the fuel that is produced through contemporary processes from biomass,…

Q: What is the major structural difference between a plant-based and a detritus-based food chain? Which…

A: A food chain is a direct organization of connections in a food web beginning from maker life forms…

Q: List all the wastes that you generate, at home, school or during your trips to other places. Could…

A: Plastic bags, paper napkins, toiletries, kitchen garbage (such as vegetable and fruit peelings, tea…

Q: Farming Activity Use of Pesticides Description Livestock wastes Overfertilization CITY Overgrazing…

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Q: terms of energy flow, it is the type of production done by man.

A: Energy flow is the flow of energy in the ecosystem. There is unidirectional flow of energy.

Q: With consideration of the plankton density and other parameters, explain the difference or…

A: Gross primary productivity (GPP) is the amount of carbon fixed during photosynthesis by autotrophs…

Q: define  primary producer and define secondary consumer

A: Organisms occupy a place in the natural surroundings or in a community according to their feeding…

Q: What is the difference between primary productivity and secondary productivity?

A: Productivity in the ecology terms is defined as the generation of the biomass. The autotrophs…

Q: Define productivity as the word is used in ecology. What is a pri-mary producer? What is the…

A: The word productivity is taken from the root word meaning to produce. In ecology, productivity can…

Q: What is the difference between gross primary productivity and net primary productivity.

A: Step 1 Productivity is the amount of energy-containing organic matter fixed by an ecosystem or its…

Q: What does primary productivity measure? What does it tell you about an ecosystem? Explain your…

A: Plants produce starch during photosynthesis in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll pigment.…

Q: Define secondary productivity.

A: Productivity refers to biomass generation over a time period by plants during photosynthesis in an…

Q: What does primary productivity measure? What does it tell you about an ecosystem?

A: Each ecosystem have a food web and organisms at different trophic  levels .

Q: What is primary productivity? Give brief description of factors that affectprimary productivity

A: An ecosystem is a community or group of living organisms that live in and interacts with each other…

Q: The term defined as the amount of glucose that is available as new biomass to the next trophic level…

A: The trophic level of an organism refers to the position that it occupies in a food chain, a food…

Q: calculate growth rate r assuming the growth is exponential and use it to calculate the doubling…

A: Growth rate is the rate at which a population grows per unit time interval. Doubling time is the…

Q: Differentiate between gross and net primary productivity.

A: Primary productivity is defined as the rate at which plants and other photosynthetic organisms…

Q: Arrange the primary secondary to tertiary biomass resources in reverse order. a. Seeds, Animal fat &…

A: Primary products, for example plant mass, are framed through direct photosynthetic use of sunlight…