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Secondary productivity is the rate of formation of new organic matter by _____.

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Producer
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Parasite
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Consumer
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Decomposer
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Solution

The correct option is C Consumer
  • The production of biomass in an ecosystem is known as ecological productivity. The biomass generated due to the primary producer is known as primary productivity.
  • A parasite is an organism that withdraws nutrition from other organisms.
  • The biomass generated due to secondary consumers is known as secondary productivity. These are generally known as heterotrophs.
  • Decomposers are the organism which mainly decomposes the dead and decaying matter and derive the nutrition.
So, the correct answer is option C.

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