What does RAM stand for?

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#Question id: 11301

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

How is phosphorus returned to the soil from organic phosphorus?

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#Question id: 11314

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

What type of organism produces acids that degrade rocks and minerals?

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#Question id: 11315

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Carnivores that eat herbivores in a food chain are the _________________.

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#Question id: 11330

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Bio geographers have noted that the tropics have more terrestrial species than temperate regions. Which of the following is NOT a plausible explanation for this pattern?

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#Question id: 11331

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Based on the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, a community’s species diversity is increased by

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#Question id: 11332

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The most plausible hypothesis to explain why species richness is higher in tropical than in temperate regions is that

 A) tropical communities are older.

 B) tropical regions generally have more available water and higher levels of solar radiation.

 C) higher temperatures cause more rapid speciation.

 D) diversity increases as evapotranspiration decreases.