Answer:
A.) conversion of chemical energy to heat energy
D.) Photosynthesis creates energy that the plant stores, and cellular respiration utilizes the energy.
D.) The populations of marsh snails and painted turtles will decrease.
Explanation:
When energy is stored in wood, it is being stored as chemical energy. This energy is being stored in the bonds that hold the wood molecules together. Once you begin to burn the wood, these bonds are breaking. As this happens, the chemical energy turns into heat energy (aka. thermal energy) and is released into the atmosphere.
Photosynthesis converts light energy from the sun into chemical energy that can be accessed by the plant later. During cellular respiration, the plant breaks down the molecules which store the energy in the form of chemical energy and accesses the energy.
When you decreases the amount of phytoplankton, the marsh snails have less food to feed on. As a result, more phytoplankton will starve. This results in the decrease of the marsh snail population. Because the marsh snail population decreases, the same will happen to the painted turtles.
