CMC Medical CMC-Medical VELLORE Solved Paper-2013

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    In a detritus food chain detritus is broken down into form of inorganic elements by detritivore. The process of breakdown of detritus is known as

    A)  mulching           

    B)  leaching

    C)  mineralisation                 

    D)  fragmentation

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    In a detritus food chain, the detritus (dead animals and plants) are first eaten by some insect fungi and bacteria. These are termed as detritivores. These detritivore are eaten by their predator like big insect and other pathogen. The conversion of dead organic matter into simple inorganic form, which increase the surface area for further microbial reaction is known as fragmentation, which is followed by leaching\[\to \]Humification \[\to \] mineralisation.


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