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Q: Animals are unable to make their own energy, yet you obtain energy when you eat animal food…

A: Food webs are depictions of the feeding interactions within a community, whereas food chains…

Q: Considering the energy that is lost as heat to the environment when one organism consumes another,…

A: Food chain depicts the flow of energy and nutrients from the lower trophic level to the higher…

Q: Select the food chain that illustrates the correct flow of energy. sun → plants → fish → water snake…

A: A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which matter and energy passes from one…

Q: food web is different from an ecosystem

A: A food web is the natural regular interconnection of well established food orders and a graphical…

Q: Use the diagram below to answer Questions #2-4. 2. Draw arrows between the organisms to show how…

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Q: eutrophication and hypoxia or ‘dead zones”.

A: Eutrophication- Increased concentrations of plant nutrients, most commonly phosphorus compounds and…

Q: What is food chain?Explain the different types of food chains in the ecosystem.

A: Ecosystem is composed of abiotic and biotic components which interact with each other for their…

Q: Evaluate the following statements then choose the correct answer. (1.) Ecosystems are sustained by…

A: The concept of the trophic levels was the first concept that was put forward for in ecology for…

Q: Compare the flow of energy with the flow of nutrients in a closed, sunny ecosystem consisting of a…

A: Energy flow is otherwise known as the calorific flow, It refers to the flow of energy in the…

Q: Compare and contrast the water cycle and the carbon cycle.

A: The difference between the water cycle and the carbon cycle is given below:

Q: Find out how much percentage of water there is in the biosphere. Then, answer why this is so. What…

A: Biosphere is a global ecosystem that is composed of both living organisms and the nonliving factors,…

Q: How could you describe the process shown below? Farming reduces forest area Deforestation reduces…

A: By examining the above process it can be concluded that the terms Diverging process and Neutral…

Q: magine you were going to model the flow of energy in an ecosystem and the flow of elements in the…

A: Ecosystem is a community or area where animals, plants and many other elements or organisms live or…

Q: In an ecosystem, energy? A) Cycles along with chemical nutrients B) comes ultimately from bacteria…

A: Ecosystem is a area where all the organisms and the environment works together to form a area of…

Q: Use the passage to answer the question. This figure presents the results of an ecological study on…

A: The high amount of accumulation of nutrients into the lake or pond creates less oxygen availability…

Q: Date Food Chains and Food Webs continued Read each question about the food web on the previous page,…

A: Food chain is the sequence of organism with different levels which show transfer of matter and…

Q: Describe the typical movement of energy through an ecosystem. Now describe the typical movement of…

A: Energy flows through an ecosystem, while matter cycles within it. To understand why this is the case…

Q: are energy and matter, or both cycled in ecosystems? explain what happens to energy and matter

A: Yes both Energy and matter are recycled in ecosystems.

Q: Compare and contrast the flow of matter and energy in an ecosystem.

A: The energy and matter travels from one specie to another present in an ecosystem. The energy used…

Q: food web below to answer questions 3-6. Sun ragweed black-tailed jackrabbit coyote deer mouse grama…

A: The natural interconnection or linkage of food chains between the biotic and abiotic factors is…

Q: Using the figure below, generate a food chain with four trophic levels, and identify each level.

A: Food chain is the process of eating up of one organism by the other which is eaten by some other…

Q: Use the image below to answer the question. A small area, like a schoolyard, contains many…

A: A habitat can be described as an area in the environment that acts as a home for a particular…

Q: In a paragraph with complete sentences, describe two ways in which a rich biodiversity benefits…

A: An ecosystem is defined as the functional unit l, where the living organisms interact with each…

Q: Use the information show below to draw a food web. The organisms shown in bold must be included. a…

A: A Food Web represents the feeding relationships within an ecosystem. It implies the transfer of…

Q: explain how that adaptation helps

A: An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and…

Q: What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem

A: Decomposers are organisms that feed on dead materials by helping ecosystem grow and live.

Q: Why is energy flow is important in an ecosystem

A: Energy is an object's property that may be transferred to other objects or converted into different…

Q: A pyramid of energy reveals the flow of energy from producers to primary consumers and to higher…

A: A pyramid of energy reveals the flow of energy from producers to primary consumers and to higher…

Q: 1. Use the diagram below to answer the questions. Bass Crayfish Small invertebrates Water plants…

A: Food web is a Interconnection of several food chains which represents the relationship of organism…

Q: Create a 4 species food chain using arrows to show the direction of energy flow.

A: Food chain may be defined as a linear network of organism or species linked and interdependent on…

Q: Select one abiotic and one biotic factor in an area where a herd of cows reside. How does these…

A: Abiotic factors vary among the world's ecosystems. A better understanding of these factors can be…

Q: Evaluate how microplastic will influence ecosystem services. In your answer, you need to make use of…

A: Microplastics are rather small bits of plastic that pollute the environment. According to the US,…

Q: Draw a diagram of the model you created that shows how energy flows through a food web Use arrows to…

A: Here, in this diagram representing a food web the yellow line are indicating the flow of energy from…

Q: What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem? Choose more 3. than one answer. Return nutrients to…

A: Organisms in a community rely on other organisms' survival and the food chain illustrates how energy…

Q: Food webs are helpful diagrams to understand the relationships of organisms within a biological…

A: Introduction  Phytoplankton Is A Type Of Sea Algae That Is Smaller In Size. Microalgae, Also Known…

Q: Study the images, then label each as primary succession or secondary succession. How is each type of…

A: Succession is defined as a change in structure;Species composition  of vegetation over area with the…

Q: Name the trophic levels in an ecosystem and explain how energy moves through the trophic levels. Can…

A: A trophic level is a group of bodies inside an ecosystem that stay at the equivalent level in a food…

Q: Describe characteristics of food web structure in mangrove ecosystem. Use following three words in…

A: A mangrove ecosystem mayy refers to a tidal swamp ecosystem found in tropical deltas or  estuaries,…

Q: Look for an ecosystem in local setting which shows an inverted pyramid. Is this possible in an…

A: In an Ecosystem, Inverted pyramid is a type of pyramid where larger number of producers are present…

Q: Explain the relationship between net primary productivity and biomass in an ecosystem.

A: Primary Productivity  Primary productivity (PP) is characterized as the pace of energy or mass…

Q: Study the ecological pyramid and answer the questions. ) There are trophic levels in an ecosystem. )…

A: An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms live together.…

Q: Use the model here to describe the transfer of matter and flow of energy from one trophic level to…

A: Energy can pass from one trophic level to the next when organic molecules from an organism's body…

Q: Using organisms that live in San Diego County, draw  your own food CHAIN here.

A: A food chain represents the flow of energy in a given set of organisms. The study of food chains in…

Q: Describe the factors of matter and flow of energy from one trophies level to another within an…

A: Trophic levels The producers and consumers in the ecosystem are placed into different feeding…

Q: Use the energy pyramid to answer the following questions: 5. Explain why a bear can occupy multiple…

A: Many animals can occupy multiple trophic levels due to their feeding modes such as omnivore (human)…

Q: Relate the study of Ecology to Biochemistry and Atmospheric Sciences. Explain and elaborate your…

A: biochemistry deals with enzymes, DNA, and other molecules to research the effects of drugs and food…