Biomass

What will be an ideal response?


(1) In ecology, organic material that makes up living organisms; the collective mass of living matter in a given place and time. (2) In energy, organic material derived from living or recently living organisms, containing chemical energy that originated with photosynthesis.

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Changes to any one component of Earth's climate system result in predictable changes to climate.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which mammals have been hugely successful, partly because they can eat almost anything?

a. primates b. creodonts c. rodents d. artiodactyls e. perissodactyls

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In a cross-section of a glacier, the greatest flow velocities occur:a

at the surface. b. in the few tens of meters below the surface. c. in the few tens of meters above the base. d. at the base. e. in the center of the flow.

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The three most abundant elements in Earth's crust are

A) oxygen, silicon, and aluminum. B) rock, water, and tectonics. C) magnesium, potassium, and oxygen. D) iron, aluminum, and granite.

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