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• Describe the components of an ecosystem
• Distinguish between(a) Grazing food chain and detritus food chain(b) Production and decomposition(c) Upright and inverted pyramid(d) Food chain and Food web(e) Litter and detritus(f) Primary and secondary productivity
• What is primary productivity? Give brief description of factors that affect primary productivity.
• Define decomposition and describe the processes and products of decomposition.
• Fill in the blanks.(a) Plants are called as_________ because they fix carbon dioxide.(b) In an ecosystem dominated by trees, the pyramid (of numbers) is _________ type.(c) In aquatic ecosystems, the limiting factor for the productivity is _________.(d) Common detritivores in our ecosystem are_________.(e) The major reservoir of carbon on earth is_________.
• The second trophic level in a lake is(a) Phytoplankton(b) Zooplankton(c) Benthos(d) Fishes