Based on the CDC Article There were about 300 species of birds infected by the west Nile virus in Florida. good luck:)
<span> Very inefficient. Almost 90% of all energy is lost between trophic levels. That is why larger animals need to eat more, because less energy is being consumed.
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I think the correct answer from the choices listed above is the third option. The term that describes all of the non-living components of an ecosystem would be abiotic. Abiotic<span> components or </span>abiotic<span> factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.</span>