Ten percent law of energy transfer, in a food chain was enunciated by:

Related Mcqs:

1. The transfer of energy from one trophic level to another is governed by the 2nd law of thermodynamics. The average efficiency of energy transfer from herbivores to carnivores is:

   A. 25%
   B. 50%
   C. 10%
   D. 5%

2. Energy transfer from one trophic level to other in a food chain is:

   A. 1%
   B. 2%
   C. 10%
   D. 20%

3. The ration of food energy assimilated to the food energy ingested is called:

   A. Trophic level efficiency
   B. Photosynthetic efficiency
   C. Net production efficiency
   D. Assimilation efficiency

4. Mr. X is eating curd/yoghurt. For this food intake in a food chain he should be considered as occupying:

   A. First trophic level
   B. Second trophic level
   C. Third trophic level
   D. Fourth trophic level

5. Which of the following food chain may not be directly dependent upon solar energy?

   A. Grazing
   B. Detritus
   C. Soaking
   D. Depleting

6. During food chain the maximum energy is stored in:

   A. Producers
   B. Decomposers
   C. Herbivores
   D. Carnivores

7. In a food chain, the total amount of living material is depicted by: A. Pyramid of biomass B. Pyramid of energy C. Pyramid of number D. Trophic levels

   xA. Pyramid of biomass
   B. Pyramid of energy
   C. Pyramid of number
   D. Trophic levels

8. The transfer of food energy from the source in plants through a series of organism with repeated stages of eating and being eaten is known as:

   A. Food web
   B. Food chain
   C. Food cycle
   D. None of these

9. The transfer of food energy from the sources in plants through a series of organisms with repeated stages of eating and being eaten is known as:

   A. Food way
   B. Food web
   C. Food link
   D. Food chain

10. Idea was first enunciated by French forester de Liocourt in 1898 who said:

    A. In selection forest, the stem numbers fell off from lower to higher dia classes in a geometric progression
    B. So there was a constant ratio between numbers in successive dia classes from lowest to the highest
    C. Both (a) & (b)
    D. None of these