In an ecosystem, what will eventually happen to all incoming energy?

The main decomposers in an ecosystem are __________.

When you eat an apple, you are a __________.

Which of the following is a primary producer?

Based on the law of conservation of energy, ecosystem ecologists can make which of the following assertions?

Most of the sunlight that reaches Earth __________.

A study of metabolic rates in a terrestrial community showed that the energy released by respiration exceeded the energy captured in photosynthesis. Which of the following situations is most likely?

What are the major factors that control primary production in terrestrial ecosystems?