Primary Productivity and Standing Crop Quiz

Rate of energy loss in a food chain

Rate of energy capture and conversion in photosynthesis or chemosynthesis (correct)

Rate of energy consumption in an ecosystem

Rate of energy transfer between trophic levels

GPP is the energy available in an ecosystem, NPP is the energy consumed by consumers

GPP is the energy assimilated by producers, NPP is the energy lost through respiration

GPP is the total energy captured by producers, NPP is the energy assimilated and converted into producer biomass (correct)

GPP is the energy converted into chemical bonds, NPP is the energy captured by producers

The energy converted into chemical bonds by photosynthesis

The total energy captured by producers in an ecosystem

The biomass of producers present in a given area at a particular moment in time (correct)

The energy assimilated by producers in a given area

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