The release of nitrates into a pond leads to an algae bloom. Algae grow and reproduce rapidly under high nutrient availability, but each alga is short lived, and the result is a high concentration of dead organic matter which starts to decay. This decay disrupts the pond ecosystem by reducing the available

Astudent wants to test the hypothesis that fertilizer improves the growth rate of grass seeds. to test this hypothesis, the student put the same amount of grass seed in 3 containers with the same type of soil. the student measured the growth at the end of the week. all plants received equal amounts of water and sunlight. if you were asked to graph this data, what would you place on the x-axis? a. fertilizer b. water c. plant growth d. week one