Question

Standing crops refers to

• A. all the photosynthetic living forms in an area
• B. all the living forms in an area
• C. the amount of living matter in a component population of an ecosystem at any time
• D. all the crop plants in an area

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

A certain mass of living material at each trophic level of an ecosystem at a particular time is called standing crop. The standing crop is measured as the mass of living organisms (biomass) or the number in a unit area.