The rate at which light energy is converted into chemical energy of organic molecules, is the ecosystem's

Options

A. Net primary produtivity
B. Gross secondary produtivity
C. Gross primary productivity
D. Net secondary productivity

Answer

C

Explanation

Plants, found in an ecosystem are known as producers, because they can prepare food for themselves by the process of phosynthesis. The energy fixed by the autotrophs.during photosyntesis gets incorporated into organic compounds. The rate at which organic molecules are formed in a green plant (or a population of green plants) is called gross primary productivity.