Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 46, Problem 2SQ
Organisms at the lowest trophic level in a tallgrass prairie are all _______.
- a. two steps away from the original energy input
- b. autotrophs
- c. heterotrophs
- d. both a and b
- e. both a and c
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 46 - Changes in the Air To assess the impact of human...Ch. 46 - Prob. 2DAACh. 46 - Prob. 3DAACh. 46 - Prob. 4DAACh. 46 - In most ecosystems, the primary producers use...Ch. 46 - Organisms at the lowest trophic level in a...Ch. 46 - Prob. 3SQCh. 46 - Prob. 4SQCh. 46 - Efficiency of energy transfers in aquatic...Ch. 46 - Prob. 6SQ
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