Rapid changes to skin color in many vertebrates is under the control of ________.

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#Question id: 12462

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

For most terrestrial ecosystems, pyramids of numbers, biomass, and energy are essentially the same-they have a broad base and a narrow top. The primary reason for this pattern is that

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#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following is primarily responsible for limiting the number of trophic levels in most ecosystems? 

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#Question id: 12464

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

A secondary consumer, such as a fox, receives what percent of the energy fixed by primary producers in a typical field ecosystem?

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#Question id: 12465

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which statement best describes what ultimately happens to the chemical energy that is not converted to new biomass in the process of energy transfer between trophic levels in an ecosystem?

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#Question id: 12533

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

If the flow of energy in an arctic ecosystem goes through a simple food chain, perhaps involving humans, starts from seaweeds to fish to seals to polar bears, then which of the following could be true?

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#Question id: 12534

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which of the following statements is correct about biogeochemical cycling?