ECOLOGY
ECOSYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the producer-to-consumer ratio in the ecosystem
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the mass of all living things on Earth
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the unused material excreted as waste in an ecosystem
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the mass of living and dead organisms in a given area
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Detailed explanation-1: -The answer is most likely the last option. Biomass refers to the mass of living and dead organisms in a given area.
Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. Biomass refers to the mass of living organisms, including plants, animals, and microorganisms, or, from a biochemical perspective, cellulose, lignin, sugars, fats, and proteins.
Detailed explanation-3: -biomass, the weight or total quantity of living organisms of one animal or plant species (species biomass) or of all the species in a community (community biomass), commonly referred to a unit area or volume of habitat.
Detailed explanation-4: -Primary production is defined as the amount of biomass or organic matter produced per unit area over a time period by plants during photosynthesis.
Detailed explanation-5: -biomass. [ bī′ō-măs′ ] The total amount of living material in a given habitat, population, or sample. Specific measures of biomass are generally expressed in dry weight (after removal of all water from the sample) per unit area of land or unit volume of water.