Biology 2e

2nd Edition

ISBN: 9781947172517

Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

Publisher: OpenStax

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Chapter 46, Problem 35CTQ

Describe nitrogen fixation and why it is important to agriculture.

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Biology 2e

Ch. 46 - Figure 46.8 Why do you think the value for gross...Ch. 46 - Figure 46.10 Pyramids depicting the number of...Ch. 46 - Figure 46.17 Which of the following statements...Ch. 46 - The ability of an ecosystem to return to its...Ch. 46 - A re-created ecosystem in a laboratory environment...Ch. 46 - Decomposers are associated with which class of...Ch. 46 - The primary producers in an ocean grazing food web...Ch. 46 - What term describes the use of mathematical...Ch. 46 - The position of an organism along a food chain is...Ch. 46 - The loss of an apex consumer would impact which...

Ch. 46 - A food chain would be a better resource than a...Ch. 46 - The weight of living organisms in an ecosystem at...Ch. 46 - Which term describes the process whereby toxic...Ch. 46 - Organisms that can make their own food using...Ch. 46 - In the English Channel ecosystem, the number of...Ch. 46 - What law of chemistry determines how much energy...Ch. 46 - The mussels that live at the NW Eifuku volcano are...Ch. 46 - The movement of mineral nutrients through...Ch. 46 - Carbon is present in the atmosphere as ________...Ch. 46 - The majority of water found on Earth is: ice water...Ch. 46 - The average time a molecule spends in its...Ch. 46 - The process whereby oxygen is depleted by the...Ch. 46 - The process whereby nitrogen is brought into...Ch. 46 - Which of the following approaches would be the...Ch. 46 - How would loss of fungi in a forest effect...Ch. 46 - Compare and contrast food chains and food webs....Ch. 46 - Describe freshwater, ocean, and terrestrial...Ch. 46 - Compare grazing and detrital food webs. Why would...Ch. 46 - How does the microcosm modeling approach differ...Ch. 46 - How do conceptual and analytical models of...Ch. 46 - Compare the three types of ecological pyramids and...Ch. 46 - How does the amount of food a warm-blooded animal...Ch. 46 - A study uses an inverted pyramid to demonstrate...Ch. 46 - Describe what a pyramid of numbers would like if...Ch. 46 - Describe nitrogen fixation and why it is important...Ch. 46 - What are the factors that cause dead zones?...Ch. 46 - Why are drinking water supplies still a major...Ch. 46 - Discuss how the human disruption of the carbon...

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