Astudent sets up a compost bin outdoors. inside the bin microorganisms convert the student’s vegetable and paper scraps into rich fertilizer. which of the following best describes the role that these microorganisms play in natural habitats? a the microorganisms balance the numbers of producers and consumers. b the microorganisms keep nutrients cycling through the ecosystem. c the microorganisms turn solar energy into sugars. d the microorganisms function as autotrophs.

Alichen is an organism that structurally appears to be a single organism. but a lichen is actually two different organisms—a fungus and green algae—living together as one organism. the fungal partner derives its nutrition from the photosynthesizing algae. how does a lichen differ in its photosynthetic activity from elysia chlorotica, the sea slug that’s considered to be a photosynthesizing animal? a. in lichens, the fungi photosynthesize on their own, while elysia chlorotica forms a relationship with a photosynthesizing plant. b. in lichens, the relationship with the algae lasts throughout the life cycle, but in elysia chlorotica, the relationship occurs only during the immature juvenile stage of the slug’s life cycle. c. lichens can photosynthesize only because of the living algal partner, while elysia chlorotica incorporates chloroplasts from algae into its cells. d. in lichens, the association between the fungi and algae is permanent, while elysia chlorotica associates with a photosynthesizing organism only when it requires food.

Which statement best describes the relationship between an allele and a gene? question 1 a. an allele is a variation of a gene that can be expressed as a phenotype. b. an allele is the part of a gene that attaches to messenger rna molecules. c. an allele is a segment of a dna molecule that controls replication of a gene.

Recombinant dna (rdna) creates offspring which are genetically identical to the parent is the process of breeding only organisms with desirable traits involves the removal of the nucleus of a cell combines genes from organisms of different species in a lab