Cities fall under the category of urban ecosystems. urban ecosystems include nature, humans, and animals in a (mostly) human-built environment. energy flow, nutrient cycles, and resource use are all necessary to maintain an urban ecosystem. most urban ecosystems are heterotrophic because they depend on materials and energy from outside their boundaries.

the significance of this reliance on outside resources is ―

The diagram shows a fossil of an ancient whale skull and a skull of a present-day whale. the ancient whale is extinct and is believed to be an ancestor of the present-day whale. what do these skulls most likely show that supports darwin’s theory of evolution? all populations can adapt and survive. only some organisms have a common ancestor. populations change slowly over time. populations rapidly become extinct.

Illustrate, label, and explain how atmospheric carbon and oxygen find there way into a consumer and then back into a producer. include the following terms in your illustration: co2, 02, respiration, photosynthesis, sugar, mitochondria, chloroplast, water, solar radiation

What is the difference between how ionic and covalent bonds form