Primary Production

Question 1

Define ‘ecosystem’.

Answer 1

A community of organisms and their physical environment interacting together as an ecological unit.

Question 2

Define ‘primary production’.

Answer 2

processes by which solar energy is converted to plant biomass.

Question 3

Define ‘primary productivity’.

Answer 3

the rate of primary production.

Question 4

Define leaf area index (LAI).

Answer 4

The total one-sided area of leaves per unit ground area.