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How are nutrients passed between the environment and organisms?
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∙ 11y ago
Nutrients are constantly being passed between organisms and the environment. This happens when decomposers break down the dead organisms putting it back in the soil.
Dell Herzog
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∙ 9y agoNutrients are constantly being passed between organisms and the environment. This happens when decomposers break down the dead organisms putting it back in the soil.
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Describe how nutrients are passed between organisms and the environment?
passed between organisms and teh environment through biogeochemical cycles
What are two ways that energy is passed between organisms?
Biosphere
What two ways that energy is Passed between organisms?
Biosphere
What chemicals flow in cycles from the nonliving environment to living things and back again?
Chemical processes cycle energy from the sun through living things in a process called photosynthesis. Only plants photosynthesize and they do this to make food for themselves and other organisms. They collect energy from the sun and use it, along with water and other nutrients by converting them to sugars.
How are nutrients and wastes passed between the mother and baby?
Through the umbilical cord and the placenta.
Are nutrients passed when a consumer eats a producer?
Yes. Nutrients are passed when any organism eats another organism.
What are the 7 themes of life?
Unity and diversity: life exhibits both common features and unique characteristics. Evolution: organisms change over time in response to their environment. Continuity and change: life cycles involve growth, reproduction, and development. Structure and function: organisms have specialized structures that perform specific functions. Information flow: genetic information is passed down and utilized for survival. Energy and matter: organisms require energy and nutrients to sustain life processes. Systems interactions: organisms interact with each other and their environment in complex ways.
Is all the energy from plants passed on to the animal that eats it?
not specifically energy but nutrients and minerals are passed on. take humans for instance, were animals and we get nutrients from vegies
The mutations that breeders induce in organisms are passed on to the organisms?
offspring
How is energy passed in food chains and food webs?
it is passed by first, the energy from the sun and passed into plants which provide nutrients.
Are organisms efficient at turning their food into body material?
10% is used and or passed onto each level in a food chain whereas the other 90% is lost to the environment or dissipated as heat.
How do the nutrients of the frog get passed around its body?
The same way humans pass nutrients, by way of the bloodstream.
