This question is incomplete as the specific food chain is not provided. In general, a food chain will have a primary producer at the base of the chain. This is an organism that is able to utilise a form of energy to convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to a carbohydrate. For terrestrial food chains, these are typically plants, who by utilising the energy from the sun, are able to convert carbon dioxide to carbohydrates. The subsequent level in the food chain may be a primary consumer, typically herbivores, that consume plant matter. Subsequent links in the chain would typically be secondary consumers, who would be carnivores, omnivores or decomposers. Carnivores would typically be predators and would be at the apex of the food chain. Energy is lost from one link to the subsequent link in the food chain, through basic respiration and inefficient energy transfer from one link to another. This explains why more resources (land, water and air) are required to grow meat rather than plant matter. More of the sun's energy is available within the lower trophic levels in a food chain, before much of it is lost as energy moves up the food chain. An easy example to illustrate this is that much of the livestock raised in the USA is fed grain. If people rather ate the grain than the livestock, they could obtain all their required energy from a smaller amount of grain then would be needed to raise the meat they require.
Answer:
The correct option is A) It is not written by an authority
Explanation:
In the English language, credibility can be described as the quality of an object to be reliable or trusted.
A piece of written work which does not mention the name of the writer may be considered to be not reliable and trustworthy. Hence, the correct option is A.
Other options, like option D, is not correct because a peer- reviewed journal carries authentic information as the work has been rechecked by different people who have expertise on the subject.
Answer:
Option C.
Scientist explain the incomplete fossil record because not all organisms become fossils. Processes like erosion and mountain building can change rock layers, causing fossils to be spread over multiple layers or destroyed.
Explanation:
- Fossils are the remains of organisms that are found on the rocks after they die.
- So, no one can be 100% sure about the complete fossil record because of the continuous process like erosion and other natural calamities.
- The sediment must cover any organism's remains to start the fossilization process to start. Most of the organisms start decomposing before this process can be executed.
Pacific Coast. As this area is in the bottom left and therefore has the highest hazard according to the key.
