The Amount of Life That an Ecosystem Can Support Is

question 115

Multiple Choice

The amount of life that an ecosystem can support is determined primarily by the:

• A)efficiency of the consumers.
• B)number of producers and their efficiency.
• C)number of heterotrophs.
• D)number of chemoautotrophs.
• E)efficiency of the heterotrophs.

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