When Primary Producers Expend Energy to Build New Tissue, This

question 8

Multiple Choice

When primary producers expend energy to build new tissue, this is ________.

• A) net primary productivity
• B) the amount of energy available to consumers
• C) maintenance costs
• D) net primary productivity and the amount of energy available to consumers
• E) maintenance costs and the amount of energy available to consumers

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