Choose the One Most Appropriate Answer for Each

question 50

Multiple Choice

Choose the one most appropriate answer for each.
-Detritus

• A)Rate at which energy becomes stored in organic compounds through photosynthesis
• B)Main form of carbon storage in sea water; taken up by marine producers and converted to carbon dioxide
• C)A straight-line sequence of steps by which chemical bond energy moves to higher trophic levels
• D)The amount of energy from autotrophs that is available to first-level consumers
• E)The movement of a nutrient among environmental reservoirs and into and out of food webs
• F)Particles of organic waste products; dead, or partly decomposed tissues

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Definitions:

Juvenile Behavior

Actions or conduct typical of younger individuals or adolescents, often characterized by immaturity or inexperience.

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Psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to protect itself against anxiety by denying or distorting reality.

Rationalization

A defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner.

Roommate

A person with whom one shares a living facility such as a room or apartment but does not necessarily share a familial or romantic relationship.