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Another concept map that show nutrient cycle on land include producer, consumer, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus atmosphere and soil
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The producers are basically the plants which prepare their own food and other organism depends on them for their survival. Consumers are those organisms who depend upon plants for their food. Decomposers help in the breakdown of complex molecule to simpler ones. Nutrient cycle include carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus cycle due to which energy flow takes place.
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Ch. 38.1 - Distinguish among communities, ecosystems, and...Ch. 38.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 38.1 - Distinguish between habitat and niche.Ch. 38.1 - Prob. 4MCCh. 38.1 - Prob. 5MCCh. 38.1 - Prob. 6MCCh. 38.1 - Prob. 7MCCh. 38.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 38.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 38.2 - Prob. 3MC
Ch. 38.2 - Prob. 4MCCh. 38.3 - Identify the trophic levels of a food chain.Ch. 38.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 38.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 38.3 - Prob. 4MCCh. 38.3 - Prob. 5MCCh. 38.3 - Draw an energy pyramid for an ecosystem with three...Ch. 38.3 - Prob. 7MCCh. 38.4 - Prob. 1MCCh. 38.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 38.4 - Prob. 3MCCh. 38.4 - Prob. 4MCCh. 38.4 - Prob. 5MCCh. 38.5 - Use figure 38.25 to describe the relationships...Ch. 38.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 38 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 38 - Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria that...Ch. 38 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 38 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 38 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 38 - A large tree falls over in an old-growth forest,...Ch. 38 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 38 - In a prairie, which trophic level should have the...Ch. 38 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 38 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 38 - Prob. 1WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 2WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 3WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 4WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 5WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 6WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 7WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 8WIOCh. 38 - 9. Humans exterminated wolves in the Rocky...Ch. 38 - Prob. 10WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 11WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 12WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 13WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 14WIOCh. 38 - Prob. 15WIOCh. 38 - 16. Review the structures of organic molecules in...Ch. 38 - Prob. 1PITCh. 38 - Prob. 2PITCh. 38 - Prob. 3PITCh. 38 - Prob. 4PIT
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