Question

In a terrestrial ecosystem, mice eat the corn from the field, and the hawks eat the mice. Which explains whether or not the hawks will get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten?. . . . . A.The mice use some of the energy in the corn to carry out their life processes; therefore the hawks will not get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten.

B.Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; therefore the hawks will get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten.

Answer 1

The statement “The mice use some of the energy in the corn to carry out their life processes; therefore the hawks will not get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten” explains whether or not the hawks will get all the energy contained in the corn that the mice have eaten.

A terrestrial ecosystem is an ecosystem found only on landforms. Six primaryterrestrial ecosystems exist: tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, grassland and desert. A community of organisms and their environment that occurs on the land masses of continents and islands.

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