Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 30, Problem 5FIB
The primary producers of the open ocean are mainly _______________. Hydrothermal vent communities are supported by bacteria that obtain energy from the process of ________________, using the compound _______________ as an energy source. Water may be at temperatures above the surface boiling point near hydrothermal vents, but it does not boil because of the______________.
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Ch. 30.1 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 30.1 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 30.2 - Prob. 1CSCCh. 30.2 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 30.2 - Prob. 1TCCh. 30.2 - explain how Earths curvature, tilt on its axis,...Ch. 30.2 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 30.2 - describe how winds, ocean currents, continents,...Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 1CSCCh. 30.3 - describe the principal terrestrial biomes and...
Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 30.3 - describe human impacts on terrestrial biomes?Ch. 30.3 - Prob. 2TCCh. 30.4 - Prob. 1CSRCh. 30.4 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 30.4 - Prob. 1HYEWCh. 30.4 - Why do estuaries and other coastal ecosystems have...Ch. 30.4 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 30.4 - describe some effects humans have on aquatic...Ch. 30 - Prob. 1ACCh. 30 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 30 - Prob. 1MCCh. 30 - Explain how air currents contribute to the...Ch. 30 - Prob. 2ACCh. 30 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 30 - The biome that is mostly covered by grass and...Ch. 30 - Prob. 2RQCh. 30 - Prob. 3FIBCh. 30 - Prob. 3MCCh. 30 - Prob. 3RQCh. 30 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 30 - Prob. 4MCCh. 30 - Prob. 4RQCh. 30 - The primary producers of the open ocean are mainly...Ch. 30 - Prob. 5MCCh. 30 - List some adaptations of desert cactus plants and...Ch. 30 - Prob. 6RQCh. 30 - Prob. 7RQCh. 30 - Prob. 8RQCh. 30 - What environmental factor best explains why the...Ch. 30 - Prob. 10RQCh. 30 - Prob. 11RQCh. 30 - Prob. 12RQCh. 30 - Prob. 13RQCh. 30 - Prob. 14RQ
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