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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Definitions:

Self-Defense

The legal right to use reasonable force to protect oneself or others from immediate physical harm.

Voluntary Manslaughter

In criminal law, a killing that results when a criminal defendant is in a state of extreme fright, terror, anger, or blind rage.

Second-Degree Murder

A serious criminal offense that involves killing another person without premeditation, but with malice aforethought, or under circumstances showing an indifference to human life.

Shoplifter

A person who steals merchandise from a retail establishment.