The base of the pyramid is composed of species called autotrophs, the primary producers of the ecosystem. All other organisms in the ecosystem are consumers called heterotrophs, which either directly or indirectly depend on the primary producers for food energy.
Answer: ATP
Explanation: Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), <u>energy-carrying molecule</u> found in the cells of all living things. <u>ATP captures chemical energy obtained from the breakdown of food molecules and releases it to fuel other cellular processes.</u>
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Mitochondria, the organelles involved in cellular respiration, can also generate chemicals called reactive oxygen species (ROSs). ROSs can damage mitochondria. Damaged mitochondria generate more ROSs than healthy mitochondria. This is an example of a positive feedback mechanism
The reactive oxygen species that are given out by the mitochondria during cellular respiration are the major cause of aging. Though this has a lot of negative effects but this also has a small amount of positive effects such as the start of angiogenesis or cell proliferation.
Jet streams are fast moving air currents much like how a river is a fast moving water current so the answer is jet streams.
It is useful for an ecologist to identify the keystone species in an ecosystem because the keystone species is important to maintaining the stability of an ecosystem, and any changes in the keystone species population shows that there is changes in ecosystem health.
