The rate of a community's biomass production, or its Blank______, is an indication of the rate of solar energy being converted to chemical energy.Multiple choice question.primary productivitycellular respirationreproductive output

The measure of an ecosystem's rate of photosynthesis, converting solar energy into chemical energy, is its what productivity.

_______________ is the rate at which energy is converted by photosynthetic and chemosynthetic autotrophy to organic substances.Select one:a.Primary productivityb.Secondary productivityc.Tertiary productivityd.None of the above

Net primary productivity is ________.the amount of detritus produced by an ecosystemthe biomass of producers minus that of consumersthe total biomass of an entire ecosystemthe energy used by plants to make biomass after respirationthe amount of energy consumers derive from producers

Ecosystems that have a high primary productivity can convert solar energy to biomass rapidly. True False

What energy transfer is used to determine the rate of primary productivity? Solar energy being converted into chemical energy Solar energy being converted to mechanical energy Thermal energy is converted to chemical energy Thermal energy is converted to mechanical energy