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What happens when the cycling of matter in ecosystems is disrupted?
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∙ 9y ago
The predator eats the prey in the food chain. As the population is stable, the food chain won't wreck. There's an interdependence between the prey and the predator in the food chain. The prey should be there to feed some food to their predator, and the predator also needs to be there to control their prey population from exploding. Changes in animal population can wreck the food chain. If the prey population decreases, the predator population would also decrease as there'll be less food for them to eat. If the predator population decreases, the prey population would increase because less predators means less preys gets hunted down, so there'll be more preys. If the prey population increases, then the predator population would also increase because there'll be more food for them to eat and there should be more predators to take more control patrol of their prey population. If the predator population increases, then the prey population would decrease because more predators means more preys gets hunted down, so there'll be less preys.
Animal Population Change Formula:
Prey Decrease→Predator Decrease
Predator Decrease→Prey Increase
Prey Increase→Predator Increase
Predator Increase→Prey Decrease
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What four ways that fungi are ecologically important?
1) They are major decomposers in most ecosystems 2) Responsible for nutrient cycling 3) Degrade organic matter to ingorganic matter 4) Critical part of biogeochemical cycles
Why must matter be recycled through ecosystems?
The answer: the carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle
Is a ecosystem a certain size?
No.
How does the decomposing activity of fungi help ecosystems?
they recycle any organic matter and recycle carbon
Is grass growing an example of matter and energy cycling through living things?
No, answer is: a rock resting on the ground
What four ways that fungi are ecologically important?
1) They are major decomposers in most ecosystems 2) Responsible for nutrient cycling 3) Degrade organic matter to ingorganic matter 4) Critical part of biogeochemical cycles
How does the cycling matter affect a food chain?
a cycling affects it cause the cycling isnt right at that time
What would happen if you didn't recycle abiotic elements in your ecosystem?
The matter would begin to pile up in an ecosystem and the level of nutrients in the soil would eventually start to decrease, which would affect plant growth. Matter is constantly cycled through ecosystems, and this cycling is what provides a constant supply of nutrients for plants.
How does succession result in the cycling of matter and nutrients?
it builds up soil nutrients and organic matter
How does cycling of matter effect the food chain?
Could create pollution
What is the ecosystem called in Alaska?
ecosystems. the name doesn't change no matter where you go.
Why must matter be recycled through ecosystems?
The answer: the carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle
Which is an example of matter cycling through bodies of living things?
Whales eating plankton.
Is a ecosystem a certain size?
No.
How does the decomposing activity of fungi help ecosystems?
they recycle any organic matter and recycle carbon
Physical systems are important because they?
describe the flow of energy and the cycling of matter thourgh the earth
How is the movement of matter through the biosphere difference from the flow of energy?
Unlike the one way flow of energy, matter is recycled within and between ecosystems.
