alleryWhich ecosystem does not depend on the sun as its energy source?
ATemperate grassland
BFreshwater pond
CTropical rainforest
DHydrothermal vent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Hydrothermal vent
Deep sea hydrothermal ecosystems run on chemical energy, the only exception to the sun as energy source.
Keep practising Ecosystem
Browse all Ecosystem questions for NEET UG, or explore more Biology topics.
Related questions
The prolonged successional stage just before the climatic climax is the:The rate of biomass production in an ecosystem is called its:Plants are called producers mainly because they:Which organisms make up the autotrophic component of a pond?Succession driven by soil changes made by the resident organisms themselves is:Typical plant pioneers of primary succession on bare rock are:Near the climax stage, which classically decreases?Pioneer species that dominate early succession are typically: