The rate of storage of food energy at consumer level is called:

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. The rate of storage at consumer level is:

   A. Secondary productivity
   B. Tertiary productivity
   C. Both (a) & (b)
   D. Net productivity

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

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

4. 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%

5. The rate at which light energy is converted into chemical energy of organic molecules is the ecosystem’s:

   A. Net primary productivity
   B. Gross secondary productivity
   C. Net secondary productivity
   D. Gross primary productivity

6. 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

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

   A. Elton
   B. Heackel
   C. Lindeman
   D. Schimper

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

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

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

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

10. 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