Which characteristic allows the water in aquatic ecosystems to absorb large amounts of energy without a large rise in temperature?

The specific heat of water.

The water has a unique quality of not being heated upto a certain temperature and absorbing the energy provided to it in the form of specific heat.

The sunlight that falls on the water, it absorbs a huge amount of energy but the temperature of the water does not rises upto a certain limit.

This helps the organism present in water to survive using this energy( specific heat).

d. in sexual reproduction, offspring have more chromosomes than

either parent.

asexual reproduction results in offspring which are genetically the same as the parent organism (not counting a rare mutation). sexual reproduction produces a random mixture of the genetics derived from both parents

explanation:

carbohydrates: (starches and sugars) composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

lipids: (fats, oils, and waxes) are made of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

nucleic acids: contain hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus. they are polymers of nucleotides. a nucleotide has three parts, a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate     (-po⬇️4) group, and a nitrogenous base.

proteins: made up of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. they are polymers of amino acids.