Question

Sea otters play an important role in maintaining the sea urchin population in the kelp forest. the sea otter is known as a select one:

a. keystone species.
b. key species.
c. checking species.
d. controlling species. question 6 not yet answered marked out of 6 not flaggedflag question question text match the kelp forest organism with its place in the forest. sea otter answer 1 brittle stars answer 2 cup corals answer 3

Answer 1

The answer is A, a keystone species. Hope this helped!

Answer 2

Answer: Option A

Keystone species are those species on which the functioning of the ecosystem depends. If the population of these species decrease, then the entire ecosystem is affected. The other species of the same ecosystem depend on keystone species.

There are no terms like key species, controlling or checking species used in ecology. Thus option B, C and D are incorrect.