Which is an example of the depletion of a renewable resource? O pumping all the oil from an oil reserve O removing plants from an area, causing erosion of topsoil O transporting biodiesel to another location for use O losing electrical generation from solar panels on a cloudy day

Q: Why don’t producers (plants) increase GPP in response to increasing CO2 in the atmosphere and thus…

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

Q: Generally, energy ________________an ecosystem and nutrients____________an ecosystem.a. cycles…

A: Nutrients are being cycled through all the nutrient cycles and thus the ecological balance in the…

Q: At which trophic level would you expect the highest amount of biomass? O carnivore O primary…

A: Trophic levels are certain energy levels in the food chain. Energy is passed up from lower to higher…

Q: In detail explain benefits for using renewable materials over non-renewable materials. As part of…

A: Renewable material are material which are able to replenish themselves with time,whereas non…

Q: Among the biotic components of the ecosystem, the producer system is ? Sea Rivers Green Plants…

A: An ecosystem is a large community of living organisms in a specific area in which the biotic and…

Q: Which is the larger number? O gross primary productivity O net primary productivity

A: In ecology , we have different trophic  levels,  at bottom of which we have the autotrophs .

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A: There are conventional and non-conventional sources of energy. The growing population is more…

Q: Name a renewable exhaustible natural resource.

A: A resource is anything that is acquired from the environment to meet the organism’s requirements.…

Q: The Amazon rainforest continues to be cleared for agricultural land.  For each square meter of this…

A: Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world which is also known for the tropical…

Q: What have been the results of Improved agrlcultural practicesa increased productivity decreased crop…

A: The basic agricultural practices include soil preparation, sowing, maturing, irrigation, weeding,…

Q: In the phosphorus cycle, all phosphorus originates from which of the following inaccessible…

A: Phosphorus is an important component of cell membrane, nucleic acids and ATP which is the major…

Q: . Why are fires essential for prairies?

A: prairies- flat grasslands having moderate temperature, rainfall and very few tress and mostly…

Q: Explain why energy flow in the ecosystem is unidirectionat while nutrients movement in the ecosystem…

A: The combination of the living organisms and the abiotic environment they live in constitute the…

Q: Which of the following statements about nutrient inputs and eutrophication is FALSE? O Fossil fuel…

A: Eutrophication is the process of enrichment of an aquatic ecosystem with excess plant…

Q: How can primary productivity be expressed/measured? O Both O New chemical energy per unit area and…

A: In ecology , we have producers who produce most of the biomass . Most of the biomass is made via…

Q: Which characteristic is a disadvantage of hydroelectric plants? O Low net energy O Large land…

A: Introduction Conservation biology is that the study of the conservation of nature and of Earth's…

Q: is the energy also being cycled in the ecosphere like the matter or is energy being added to the…

A: A group of living species and their abiotic (non-living) surroundings is referred to as an…

Q: order. a. Seeds, Animal fat & Sawdust O b. Seeds, Animal fat & Sawdust O c. Animal fat, Sawdust &…

A: Biomass Resources, often known as biorenewable resources, relate to all types of organic materials,…

Q: Tumucumaque National Park ecosystem Organism adaptations 1 slide on a primary producer 1 slide on a…

A: Introducion:  Tumucumaque National Lark is located in Amazon rainforest in northwestern part of…

Q: In a rice paddy in Southeast Asia, the insolation energy is 6,000,000 calories/m2/day. The gross…

A: Primary producers are all green plants which synthesize their food (carbohydrate) from sunlight with…

Q: Net primary productivity of two mangrove forest stands on the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka…

A: Gross primary productivity refers to carbon fixation amount by all the producers present in the…

Q: Removing forests results in less stable

A: Answer:  AFFORESTATION : It is the process of planting more and more trees which reduces the global…

Q: Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems:Question 3 How do secondary consumers get energy?

A: Secondary consumers are carnivores that feed upon primary consumers (herbivores).

Q: Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Aquatic ecosystems can receive a large input of a…

A: Farmers apply fertilizers to boost their crop productivity. Fertilizers have three important…

Q: Which activity uses a nonrenewable resource?

A: Answer: NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES : These are the natural resources that cannot be readily replaced by…

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: Net ecosystem production is de fined as net primary productivity plus ecosystem respiration net…

A: Production in ecosystem is defined as the amount of biomass or food that is fixed by the autotrophs…

Q: How does the biodiversity of an ecosystem change over time as it progresses through the natural…

A: Species abundance and species richness along with species diversity in an ecosystem determines the…

Q: Which of the following statements about nutrient inputs and eutrophication is FALSE? O Fossil fuel…

A: Nutrient input is a very important process in farming systems as they are critical in maintaining…

Q: In the diagrams below, primary producers are shown in green bars (bottom), primary consumers…

A: Thus, the pyramid of energy is often upright and vertical. during this pyramid, the energy is…

Q: Explain how illegal logging affects the water quality of lakes and reservoir

A: Over-irrigation causes waterlogging, which is a type of natural flooding in which underground water…

Q: How might tidal power contribute to a sustainable energy network?

A: Introduction: tidal power or tidal energy is a form of hydropower ( water is used to create energy)…

Q: Is it correct to say that a volcanic eruption disrupted the energy flow of an ecosystem because many…

A: Volcanoes affect ecosystems in a variety of ways, ranging from catastrophic local effects to diffuse…

Q: Describe the consequences of more carbon being released from carbon sinks than the amount being…

A: Carbon sink Carbon sink is defined as a reservoir of nature which cumulate and reserve carbon…

Q: develop fossil fuel-based energy options, rather than more green options

A: Green options of energy are wind,  sun,  water etc. and example of renewable energy is wind energy,…