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The rate of formation of new organic matter by rabbit in a grassland, is called

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

Correct answer: secondary productivity

Solution

Rabbits are consumers, not producers, so the organic matter they form is not primary productivity. The production of new biomass by heterotrophs is called secondary productivity.

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