Refer to the Tables

question 45

Essay

Refer to the tables.
You are studying how energy flows in a food web. The data in Table 1 shows the dietary composition of species in your study area (for species A-H). To read the data table, start at a species in column 1, read to the right across that row to find the number of individuals consumed, then read straight up to determine the species that it consumed. For example, species C consumed 15 individuals of species A. What is unusual about the dietary composition of species E? Give a possible reason for this pattern.

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Definitions:

Factory Overhead Costs

Indirect manufacturing expenses that are not directly tied to the production of goods, such as utilities, maintenance, and managerial salaries.

Direct Labor Hours

Direct Labor Hours are the total time workers who are directly involved in the manufacturing process spend on producing goods.

Factory Overhead

All indirect costs associated with manufacturing, excluding direct materials and direct labor costs.

Work in Process

Goods in the manufacturing process that are not yet completed, representing a portion of inventory that is between raw materials and finished goods.