EVALUATION

This chapter-end Evaluation section draws on the full span of the Ecosystem chapter — its structure and abiotic/biotic components, the functions of energy capture and flow, productivity, trophic levels, food chains and food webs, the three types of ecological pyramid, decomposition, the carbon and phosphorus cycles, ecosystem types (with the pond ecosystem as a worked example), ecosystem services, ecosystem management, plant succession in all its classes, and the vegetation types of India and Tamil Nadu — through a mix of objective (multiple-choice) questions an …