An ecosystem is a community of ____ producers and ____ consumers that interact with one another and with their nonliving environment

a. energy-consuming; energy-producing
b. primary; secondary
c. autotrophic; heterotrophic
d. heterotrophic; autotrophic
e. nutrient cycling; heat producing


c

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You live at the base of a mountain where there is a tropical forest. As you travel up the mountain you would expect 

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