(a) Aquatic ecosystems are rich in diversity. The life inside water is largely influenced by various abiotic factors. The abiotic factors are the chemical and physical components of an environment that affect the organisms living there. The primary abiotic factors that affect the life underwater are temperature, light and availability of oxygen.
(b) Oxygen available to the aquatic organisms is a detrimental factor. If less oxygen is available underwater aquatic animals will not be able to respire and die.
Light is also an important abiotic factor for underwater organisms especially for the aquatic plants. the aquatic plants underwater will not be able to make their food by photosynthesis if proper light is not available.
Temperature also plays an important role. Too low or too high temperature affects the metabolic activities of the organisms.
Depth of water body affects the availability of light and oxygen to the aquatic organisms. Shallow water bodies have light available to more aquatic organisms.
The correct answer is oxidative phosphorylation.
Oxidative phosphorylation refers to the metabolic pathway in which cells utilize enzymes to dissociate nutrients, thus, discharging energy that is used to generate ATP. In the majority of eukaryotes, this occurs within the mitochondria.
Approximately all the aerobic species carry out the process of oxidative phosphorylation. This pathway is possibly so prevalent as it is a highly effective manner of discharging energy, in comparison to substitute fermentation procedures, like anaerobic glycolysis.
.Answer:
Option A, fix nitrogen inside nodules on the roots of legumes
Explanation:
Rizhobium bacteria live in symbiotic relationship with roots of leguminous plants such as pulses including alfalfa, soybean etc.
Rhizobium or Bradyrhizobium is a gram negative bacteria that satisfies the nitrogen starvation of host plant.
These bacteria get habitation and nutrition from these leguminous plants and in return they fix the nitrogen into the nodules of the roots. This is a kind of facultative association between soil bacteria rizhobium and legume plants.
Hence, option A is correct
Thus, option A is correct
