Questions and Answers on Environment
Why are some substances biodegradable and some substances non-biodegradable? Ans. Specific enzymes are needed for degradation of substances. A sRead More…
Year: 2022
Human Activities and Environment
Growth of human population, fast but unplanned industrialization and irresponsible behavior to environment are causing imbalances in the local, regioRead More…
Loss of Energy in the Food –Chain
From Lindeman’s law it is clear that only 10% of energy is utilized at each trophic level and rest 90% goes off. This flow of energy can briefly beRead More…
Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem
Energy is the basis of the whole biosphere. Both the living beings and the non-livings contain energy. That energy is hidden in between atoms and Read More…
Flow of Nutrients in Ecosystem
The flow of nutrients in ecosystem takes place in cyclic pathways through food chains, food webs and bio-geo-chemical cycles. Food Chain Flow oRead More…