The Rate at Which Producers Convert Solar Energy into Chemical

question 31

Multiple Choice

The rate at which producers convert solar energy into chemical energy is an ecosystem's ____.

• A) standing crop biomass
• B) biogeochemical cycle
• C) net primary productivity
• D) efficiency
• E) gross primary productivity

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