The amount of matter in the Earth system remains constant over time. The forms and locations of the matter stored within the system, however, change continually as it cycles through the Earth.
Matter can be transferred between which of the following elements of the Earth system?
A from one living organism to another living organism
OB. from living organisms to the physical environment
OC. from the physical environment to living organisms
OD. all of these

The first amino acid of a new polypeptide chain is

Ascientist is designing an investigation to study the impact of invasive bird populations on local, native bird populations at backyard bird feeders. what population is most likely to be a control group for the investigation? amount of food number of bird feeders invasive bird populations local backyard birdfeeders without food

Some species of wasps are social. the queen starts a colony from scratch each spring. she builds a small nest, and lays and raises a group of female workers. the workers enlarge the nest while the queen continues to lay eggs. unfertilized eggs become males that mate with newly hatched females. all of the wasps except the newly fertilized females die by the summer. which best describes this behavior? a)it is beneficial only to the males that do not fertilize eggs. b)it is beneficial only to the female workers that are not fertilized. c)it is beneficial to each one of the individual colony members. d)it is beneficial to the whole species, but not to all of the individual members.