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Match Each Description with the Appropriate Term

Question 46

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Match each description with the appropriate term. Not all choices will be used.

Premises:

Responses:

gross primary productivity minus the energy used for cellular respiration

generalized compartment model

the energy transfer from producers to consumers

ecological pyramid

predicts what would happen if an ecosystem was changed

trophic cascade

describes how nutrients accumulate in four compartments

pyramid of biomass

the relationship between a predator and prey that affects populations in two or more trophic levels

gross primary productivity

simulation modeling

biogeochemical cycles

ecological efficiency

secondary productivity

net primary productivity

limiting factor

standing crop mass

Premises:

gross primary productivity minus the energy used for cellular respiration

the energy transfer from producers to consumers

predicts what would happen if an ecosystem was changed

describes how nutrients accumulate in four compartments

the relationship between a predator and prey that affects populations in two or more trophic levels

Responses:

generalized compartment model

ecological pyramid

trophic cascade

pyramid of biomass

gross primary productivity

simulation modeling

biogeochemical cycles

ecological efficiency

secondary productivity

net primary productivity

limiting factor

standing crop mass

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

generalized compartment model

ecological pyramid

trophic cascade

pyramid of biomass

gross primary productivity

simulation modeling

biogeochemical cycles

ecological efficiency

secondary productivity

net primary productivity

limiting factor

standing crop mass