A trade-off of heterotrophic carnivores in gaining energy is that food is:   scarce but it's easy to capture and kill their very nutritious food. abundant but it's nutritious. scarce but it's nutritious. abundant but it's difficult to capture and kill their very nutritious food.

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A: Introduction The amount of carbon fixed during photosynthesis by all producers in the ecosystem is…

Q: The differences in nutritional resources used by plants versus animals is also great. Plants obtain…

A: Nutrition is defined as the biochemical and physiological process where the organisms eat healthy…

Q: Invertebrates enhance the rate of decomposition of leaf litter by increasing the surface area by…

A: Decomposition is the early phase in the nutrient recycling required to create an organism's body…

Q: Explain why most energy fails to be converted to a usableform when one organism eats another.

A: Ultimate source of energy is SUN . Every organism takes energy from Sun. Plants which are counted as…

Q: In a pond ecosystem, mosquito larvae feed on photosynthetic algae. Other larvae, such as dragonfly…

A: * Here mosquito larvae eats algae and dragon fly larvae eats the mosquito larvae and fish will eat…

Q: You Eat! d Chain: Series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains " level. Each…

A: Food chains are the specialized concept in ecology which depicts the different interactions between…

Q: f surface area (SA) to volume (V) ratio increases   Question 1 options:   There is less SA per…

A: The surface area (SA) to volume (V) ratio is an important concept in biology that relates to the…

Q: A characteristic of the open-loop system is that it does not use feedback to determine if its output…

A: The natural processes by which carbon is transferred between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and…

Q: Give  note on  food chain and food web.

A: For an ecosystem to work, energy is essential. The energy transfer in an ecosystem can be studied…

Q: No. No. of units No. No. No. units Mean no. individua received units units remaining & units Is in…

A: In above table 'No. unit remaining & passed on to next trophic level' and ' Mean no. unit…

Q: Only get 10% of energy transfers from one level to the next. Where does the energy go??

A: A graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem is an…

Q: Autotrophs and heterotrophs are similar in that Group of answer choices both turn inorganic…

A: Autotrophs are those organisms that can synthesize their own food by means of energy obtained from…

Q: Net primary productivity refers to     the rate of energy storage as organic matter by autotrophs…

A: The net primary productivity is referred as  the energy to all heterotrophic activity. Customers…

Q: Net primary production is equal to gross primary production minus what? the energy contained in bark…

A: INTRODUCTION In plants the net chemical energy is produced by the autotrophs in an system for all…

Q: Fireflies O light up to signal danger. use ATP to drive luciferin oxidation. release a considerable…

A: Fireflies produce a synthetic response inside their bodies that permits them to illuminate. This…

Q: Explain what is being illustrated in this figure.

A: The figure demonstrates variation of the mean muscle temperature of the organism ( blue fin tuna) in…

Q: 17. Complete the energy pyramid by writing the source of the energy for the food web and how much…

A: The place an organism holds in a food web determines its trophic level. A food chain is a series of…

Q: Convert your 4 species food chain into a food pyramid and identify each of the trophic levels.

A: In this question, we have to show given food chain into food pyramid.

Q: The term food chain refers to the

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Q: Nitrogen fixation occurs when; An animal dies and it's nitrogen is released back into the atmosphere…

A: The fixed form of nitrogen is needed as an essential component of DNA and proteins.  Therefore it is…

Q: Old People e = 100 calories λ = 10 per night h = 2 hours Middle Aged People e = 400 calories λ = 20…

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Q: here is the question: Starting as a lipid in some holiday prime rib, trace the path that energy and…

A: Carbohydrate, protein and fat - these three macromolecules are the major sources of energy in most…

Q: 7. Create an energy pyramid from the food chain: leaves insects → birdsredfox → bear 8. Where is the…

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Q: low much energy is available at the secondary consumer level? 200 joules 20 joules 200,000 joules

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Q: have seen that energy is essential for life on earth. All organisms need energy to maintain their…

A: Green plants are the producers as the prepare food for all the living Kingdom. Heterotrophs are…

Q: have a negative effect on the natural environment? O Transforming wind energy to electrical energy…

A: Renewable energy comes from sources or processes that are constantly replenished.

Q: Describe how energy from the universal enters and leaves the food chains

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Q: Do you think that a vegetarian diet would be costlier than a nonvegetarian diet?

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Q: When a fossil fuel reserves decreases, the cost of fossil fuel energy will be more affordable for…

A: Fossil fuels are those that are found in the earth's crust that contain hydrocarbon and are formed…