Answer:
Sun > Grass > Deer > Lion
Explanation:
The sun begins a food chain because its light is needed for a plant, in this case grass, to grow.
An animal that eats grass is the deer, who is a primary consumer.
An animal that eats deer is the lion, who is a tertiary consumer in this case.
The lion has no natural predator, and thus is at the top of this food chain.
This ecosystem can be one found where grass, deer and lions exist, for example, the deciduous forest in the eastern United States.
Answer:
Does the organism have legs?
Does the organism reproduce asexually?
Can the organism ferment?
Is the organism infectious?
Explanation:
The questions HAVE to be yes or no, in order for it to effectively determine which species is which.
Group IV of the Periodic Table of the Elements contains carbon (C), silicon (Si) and several heavy metals. Carbon, of course, is the building block of life as we know it. So is it possible that a planet exists in some other solar system where silicon substitutes for carbon? Several science fiction stories feature silicon-based life-forms--sentient crystals, gruesome golden grains of sand and even a creature whose spoor or scat was bricks of silica left behind. The novellas are good reading, but there are a few problems with the chemistry.
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CRYSTALLINE CREATURES? Silicon can grow into a number of lifelike structures, but its chemistry makes it unlikely that it could be the basis for alien life-forms.</span>
Indeed, carbon and silicon share many characteristics. Each has a so-called valence of four--meaning that individual atoms make four bonds with other elements in forming chemical compounds. Each element bonds to oxygen. Each forms long chains, called polymers, in which it alternates with oxygen. In the simplest case, carbon yields a polymer called poly-acetal, a plastic used in synthetic fibers and equipment. Silicon yields polymeric silicones, which we use to waterproof cloth or lubricate metal and plastic parts.
To convert to scientific notation, start by moving the decimal place in the number until you have a coefficient between 1 and 10; here it is 3.45. The number of places to the left that you had to move the decimal point is the exponent. Here, we had to move the decimal 4 places to the right, so the exponent is -4.
