In any ecosystem, decomposers are important for all but one of the following.
a. they are important in keeping the nitrogen cycle going.
b. they produce most of the food that the ecosystem relies on.
c. they are important in the carbon cycle, in releasing carbon from dead organisms.
d. every other organism in the ecosystem is at least indirectly dependent upon them.

Drag each tile to the correct box. match the given symbol or molecular formula to the term that best describes it. element -organic compound -inorganic elemental molecule -inorganic compound -answers given: so2, k, ci2, c6h6

How is ribosomal rna useful as a molecular clock? a. a large portion of the dna ring is not vital to structure or function, allowing it to accumulate neutral mutations. b. its rate of mutation increases over time as organisms continue to evolve and differentiate from each other. c. a slow mutation rate makes it useful for determining evolutionary relationships between ancient species. d. it is only found in select organisms, making it easier to compare relationships between species that have it.

Acell goes through cellular respiration and produces atp which it then uses to move a molecule across the cell membrane. how does the energy in the original glucose molecule change during this process? (2 points)