Prentice Hall Brief Review: The Living Environment 2019
ISBN: 9781418292164
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Section 6.3: Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem
Exercise 28
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The answer is 2. Organisms such as bacteria and fungi can be considered as decomposers wherein they breakdown waste materials from organisms that are decaying.
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Exercise 29
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The answer is 3. A food web shows a relationship between consumers usually by the use of an image. It shows a map of feeding relationships, what organisms consume another organism. It also shows the energy transfer between producers and consumers.
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Exercise 30
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The answer is 4. Organisms that are eaten by the goats use them as energy for their metabolism. This is one way why goats are able to metabolize grass.
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Exercise 31
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The answer is 3. D represents the primary producers, C represents the primary consumers, B represents the secondary consumers and A represents the tertiary consumers.
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Exercise 32
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The answer is 2. In a food pyramid, the energy harvested by the producers are transferred from producer to consumer and as the energy is passed on from level to level, it is decreased.
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Exercise 33
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The answer is 1. Cellular respiration is the process wherein bacteria transform biochemical energy from acquired nutrients into ATP.
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Exercise 34
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The answer is 2. The carbon cycle is the process of circulating carbon throughout parts of the environment including the different spheres.
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Exercise 35
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The answer is 4. All of the choices are examples by which can be represented by how the carbon cycle performs. It is choice 4 that is not identical to the others.
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Exercise 36
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The answer is 4. Cellular respiration is the process wherein bacteria transform biochemical energy from acquired nutrients into ATP.
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Exercise 37
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The answer is 4. Consuming plants may be a big of help to organisms or animals as it may help in digesting food materials consumed by the animal.
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Exercise 38
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The answer is 3. We can see here the pattern or process of circulating nutrients or other molecules through living and non living organisms for survival.
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Exercise 39
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The answer is 1. An ecosystem includes both living and nonliving organisms. They interconnect with each other by way of energy flow and nutrients. Through photosynthesis, plants receive energy, plants are then eaten by animals and animals are eaten by other animals moving the flow of energy throughout the entire ecosystem.
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