✓ Board-verified
Science · 2024 · 3 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 4 · Set 1 · Q33
Study the picture given below showing three food chains (a), (b) and (c) and answer the following questions: (a) (b) (c) (i) Name the type of…
Study the picture given below showing three food chains (a), (b) and (c) and answer the following questions :
(a)
(b)
(c)(i)
Name the type of ecosystems that exist in food chains (b) and (c).
(ii)
The first trophic level in all food chains are producers. Why ? What percentage of solar energy do these producers capture for their use ?
(iii)
Why are the arrows shown in the diagram in one direction only and not vice versa ? Justify.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) •Terrestrial /Grassland / cropland
-Aquatic /Pond
(ii) First trophic level are always producers or autotrophs as they can capture the solar energy and convert it into chemical energy.
$\displaystyle 1$% energy is captured.
(iii) Because energy flows in one direction only. Justification: when energy passes from one trophic level to other it cannot revert back.
All Our Environment questions2024 question paperNCERT solutions: Our EnvironmentPractice Our Environment →
More from Our Environment
- Assertion (A): Ozone (O_3) gas at higher levels of atmosphere is a product of UV radiation acting on Oxygen (O_2). Reason (R): The amount of ozone in…2026
- Why are the organisms of first trophic level important in any food chain? Justify the following statement: 'The flow of energy in an ecosystem is…2025
- Assertion: Producers are capable of using light energy from the sun to make food available in an ecosystem. Reason (R): All food chains in an…2024
- Assertion: The amount of ozone in the atmosphere began to drop sharply in the 1980s. Reason (R): The oxygen atoms combine with molecular oxygen to…2025
- Other than the abiotic components, which of the given biotic components are not required to make an aquarium with small herbivorous fishes a…2025
- Use of pesticides to protect our crops affect organisms at various trophic levels especially human beings. Name the phenomenon involved and explain…2024
- Explain why food chains generally consist of three or four steps.2026
- Plants → Deer → Lion In the given food chain, what will be the impact of removing all the organisms of second trophic level on the first and third…2024
CBSE Class 10 Science past-paper question from the 2024 board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.