The amount of nutrients such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium present in the soil at any given time, is referred to as the
Answer: (A) Standing state. Answer: (A) The amount of nutrients (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium) present in the soil at any given time is the standing STATE, option (a).
- A.Standing state✓
- B.Standing crop
- C.Climax
- D.Climax community
Correct Answer
(A) Standing state
Solution & Explanation
Answer: (A) The amount of nutrients (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium) present in the soil at any given time is the standing STATE, option (a). It must not be confused with standing crop (b), which is the mass of living organisms/biomass at a trophic level. Climax/climax community refer to succession and are unrelated. Note: standing-state terminology belongs to the nutrient-cycling sub-section rationalised out of the current reprint, so support here is the closely related standing-crop contrast on page 211. NCERT Reference: Ch 12, p.211 — “time called as the standing crop. The standing crop is measured as the”