Q.

In an ecosystem the rate of production of organic matter during photosynthesis is termed as                 [2015]

1 secondary productivity  
2 net productivity  
3 net primary productivity  
4 gross primary productivity  

Ans.

(4)

The amount of energy accumulation in green plants as biomass or organic matter per unit area over a time period is known as primary productivity. The rate of total capture of energy, or the rate of total production of organic material (biomass), is known as gross primary productivity.