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Q: support or refute the following statements based on what you learned about energy flow,…

A: An ecosystem includes biotic and abiotic factors.

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Q: A pyramid of biomass shows the mass of all of the organisms in each trophic level of an ecosystem .…

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Q: Flowing-water ecosystems, especially headwater streams, receive most of their energy from?

A: Generally from organic detritus flowing water ecosystem will receive the energy.

Q: How much energy is transferred up the energy pyramid from one trophic level to the next? (a) 90% (b)…

A: There are hierarchies for transportation of energy within an ecosystem according to the food chain.…

Q: a. What factors cause energy to decrease with each trophic level?b. How is it possible for energy to…

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Q: Explain why there are differences in the efficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels.…

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Q: There are 2 simple models (A and B) in the picture below. One represents the movement of matter and…

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Q: Write an expression to describe the amount of energy, x, a tertiary consumer receives from a…

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Q: Explain the similarities and differences between the green and brown food webs. How are they…

A: A green food cycle (in the outer cove) and a brown food cycle (in the inner cove). The greenland…

Q: Your short answer should be 2-5 sentences depending on the question. (Ch. 55). Please answer both…

A: Most ecosystems have only 3 or 4 trophic levels. Some believe that humans should consume plants…

Q: Assume that the producer level in your trophic pyramid contains 12,000,000 kcal of energy. Write the…

A: Trophic level is the position an organism is at in the food web. They are classified in levels and…

Q: In the following diagram, fill in the components of chemical cycling and nutrient flow.

A: The abiotic and the biotic constituents of the biosphere co-exist with each other. The balance…

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: Can the amount of available energy on a given trophic level be larger than the available energy on…

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Q: Which of the following is true of trophic relationships in an ecosystem? All energy in the food…

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Q: How does energy movee through an ecosystem from one trophic level to the next and what is the…

A: Energy flows unidirectionally through an ecosystem. It enters the food chain through primary…

Q: Which of the following is true about energy flow in ecosystems on Earth?     99% of energy that…

A: Energy flow may be defined as the flow of energy through living beings in any ecosystem.

Q: Create a model which accurately, in detail, depicts the potential pathways of carbon (biomass) and…

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Q: Which law of Thermodynamics explains why ecosystems cannot have an infinite number of trophic…

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Q: Why is the transfer of energy in an ecosystem referred toas energy flow, not energy cycling?

A: An ecosystem is the biological community where there are various species of organisms present who…

Q: There are 2 simple models (A and B) in the picture below. One represents the movement of matter and…

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Q: the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration, carbon is cycled between all major spheres…

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Q: What is the formula of the net primary production?How does npp relate to the energy pyramids?

A: The biomass production rate in the unit area is referred to as productivity. Primary productivity is…

Q: In the context of decomposition, we can calculate a k-value. This tells us the amount of time until…

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Q: The biogeochemical cycles are: Thermodynamic processes that end in the same process in which they…

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Q: Only about 10 percent of the energy from each level of an energy pyramid is available to the trophic…

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Q: What is the difference between a nutrient pool and a cycling pool in the processes of matter flows…

A: The biogeochemical cycle refers to any natural process that moves components of living matter from…

Q: abel each part (a, b, c, d and e) of the energy flow and chemical recycling in ecosystems…

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Q: How do you track energy through organisms at each tropic level?

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Q: Why does the energy pyramid exhibit large reductions in energy level as we move up through the…

A: Food chain:   It is a chain of food consumption as well as energy pass by organisms. A food chain…

Q: Create a model which accurately, in detail, depicts the potential pathways of carbon and energy in…

A: There are few important points : An ecosystem is a functional unit comprising all the organisms in…

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: The trophic levels found in this ecosystem are decomposers, producers, consumers, secondary…

A: Trophic level  Trophic level can be define as the position of organisms in a food chain or food web.

Q: Considering the second law of thermodynamics, would you expect thetypical biomass of primary…

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Q: Given the irreversibility of burning up fossil fuel Reserve, what steps should we take to promote…

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