Which statement is true?(1 point)

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Food webs are the best depictions of feeding relationships because they show a single path for the flow of energy through an ecosystem.
Food webs are the best depictions of feeding relationships because they show a single path for the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

Food chains are the best depictions of feeding relationships because they show a simplified path for the flow of energy through an ecosystem.
Food chains are the best depictions of feeding relationships because they show a simplified path for the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

Food webs are the best depictions of feeding relationships because they show many ways that plants and animals are connected.
Food webs are the best depictions of feeding relationships because they show many ways that plants and animals are connected.

Food chains are the best depictions of feeding relationships because they show many ways that plants and animals are connected.

Food webs are the best depictions of feeding relationships because they show many ways that plants and animals are connected.

Chemical energy for respiration is stored in the bonds of (1 point)

Responses

glucose molecules.
glucose molecules.

carbon dioxide molecules.
carbon dioxide molecules.

water molecules.
water molecules.

oxygen molecules.

glucose molecules.

Which statement best describes energy release in cellular respiration? (1 point)

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Stored chemical energy is broken down and released in the mitochondria.
Stored chemical energy is broken down and released in the mitochondria.

Stored chemical energy is broken down and released in the cytoplasm.
Stored chemical energy is broken down and released in the cytoplasm.

Stored chemical energy can be used immediately and is released in the cytoplasm.
Stored chemical energy can be used immediately and is released in the cytoplasm.

Stored chemical energy can be used immediately and is released in the mitochondria.
Stored chemical energy can be used immediately and is released in the mitochondria.

Stored chemical energy is broken down and released in the mitochondria.

Turkey vultures eat carrion, which is decaying animal matter, like roadkill. How are they classified?(1 point)

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autotroph
autotroph

carnivore
carnivore

herbivore
herbivore

omnivore
omnivore

carnivore

Why is the energy pyramid not a smooth geometric shape like a triangle but, rather, looks like narrow blocks stacked on top of wider blocks?(1 point)

Responses

A triangular pyramid would reflect a food pyramid rather than energy flow.
A triangular pyramid would reflect a food pyramid rather than energy flow.

Energy decreases at each level, and only 10% remains from the previous level.
Energy decreases at each level, and only 10% remains from the previous level.

Lower levels have far more individuals, so the shape reflects their population size.
Lower levels have far more individuals, so the shape reflects their population size.

The sizes of each shape show how much is consumed (or produced) at each level.

Energy decreases at each level, and only 10% remains from the previous level.

Animals obtain their nitrogen from(1 point)

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plants.
plants.

nitrites.
nitrites.

bacteria.
bacteria.

nitrates.