When primary producers expend energy to build new tissue, this is _____

A) net primary productivity
B) the amount of energy available to consumers
C) maintenance costs
D) net primary productivity and the amount of energy available to consumers
E) maintenance costs and the amount of energy available to consumers


Answer: D

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