Integrated Science
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ISBN: 9780077862602
Author: Tillery, Bill W.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill,
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Chapter 23.10, Problem 12SC
The kind and number of food organisms in an ecosystem are best characterized as
- a. biotic factors.
- b. abiotic factors.
- c. energy factors.
- d. ecological essentials.
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