Net Primary Production Is

question 75

Multiple Choice

Net primary production is:

• A)energy that photosynthetic organisms make available to other organisms over a given period of time.
• B)energy stored by secondary consumers from primary biomass.
• C)energy made by autotrophs minus energy consumed by heterotrophs, and measured as biomass.
• D)heterotrophic production per unit of land per unit of time.
• E)heterotrophic production minus autotrophic production per unit of land per unit of time.

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Definitions:

Sample Space

The set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment.

Assign Probabilities

The process of allocating a likelihood or chance of occurrence to specific outcomes in a random event.

Sample Space

The collection of every potential result that can emerge from a statistical experiment.

Mutually Exclusive

A statistical term describing events that cannot occur at the same time.