AP BIOLOGY

PLANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement represents a characteristic of an ecosystem that is not likely to sustain itself?
A
The Sun provides the needed energy.
B
Energy is transferred from plants to animals.
C
There are more consumers than producers.
D
There are interactions between biotic and abiotic factors.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best describes a characteristic of an ecosystem? It must have producers and consumers but not decomposers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Producers are the base or first level in all food chains. There are many more producers in a food chain than consumers or decomposers because only 10% of the energy from each energy level is passed on to the next energy level.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biotic factors include plants, animals, and other organisms. Abiotic factors include rocks, temperature, and humidity. Every factor in an ecosystem depends on every other factor, either directly or indirectly. A change in the temperature of an ecosystem will often affect what plants will grow there, for instance.

Detailed explanation-4: -A self-sustaining ecosystem is an ecological system with a flow of energy and material from living organisms to non-living resources, and from non-living resources back to living organisms. This energy and material are transferred by the organisms of an ecosystem through a process called metabolism.

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