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NR 435 - Contemporary Conservation Issues questions and answers 2025
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NR 435 - ContemporaryConservation Issues questions
and answers 2025
biogeochemical cycle - answer process in which elements, chemical
compounds, and other forms of matter are passed from one organism to
another and from one part of the biosphere to another
transfer of energy - answer The conversion of one form of energy into
another, or the movement of energy from one place to another.
Trophic levels/pyramid - answer The successive levels of organisms
consuming one another
trophic interactions - answer consumer-resource interactions. cause
energy to flow through a community.
NPP (Net Primary Productivity) - answer The energy captured by
producers in an ecosystem minus the energy producers respire
primary producers - answer the first producers of energy-rich compounds
that are later used by other organisms
Consumer - answer An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other
organisms
Detritivores or decomposers - answer consumers that get their energy
from detritus, or nonliving organic material; the remains of dead
organism, feces, fallen leaves, and rotting trees; two important groups to
remember are prokaryotes and fungi, which are detritivores
predators - answer animals that kill and eat other animals
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