Answer:
This question lacks options, the options are:
a) Negative primary production
b) Net primary production
c) Secondary production
d) Negative secondary production
e) Positive primary production
The correct answer is b.
The total amount of chemical energy produced by autotrophs, such as plants and phytoplankton, is called gross primary production. The energy that remains after plants use some of the gross primary production to fuel their own metabolism is known as <u>net primary production</u>.
Explanation:
Net Primary Production (NPP) is the value that results from the difference between gross production and respiration of the primary producers themselves. It manifests as growth and / or reproduction. It represents the matter and energy available for the next trophic level, that is, the net primary production is what is left after subtracting the energy that plants use for their metabolism or maintenance (such as breathing, tissue construction and reproduction).
The reason as to why fungi fossils seem so rare is that they are usually microscopic and often difficult or impossible to identify.
Not much information on fungi fossils has been documented. This could be because fungi fruiting bodies consist of soft, fleshy and easily degradable tissues which due to their poor integrity do not keep or preserve as well as animal tissue.
Even when available, it takes a trained eye to recognize fungal fossils. Not many people have the training and expertise to recognize the fossils.
I believe the correct answer is homeostasis.
It is one of the beginning compounds.
This is the answer for many reasons. First off, it is not one of the ending compounds. It is only the end compound for photosynthesis. Second, it does not react to water as that is yet again photosynthesis. It does not react with carbon dioxide as carbon dioxide is what initially creates oxygen within cellular respiration.
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