Astudent designs an experiment to test substances x, y, and z, to determine which one is a catalyst for the reaction: a + b ® c. only one of the unknown substances is a catalyst, and the others are nonreactive with a, b, or c. when 10 ml of a is added to 10 ml of b, the reaction takes twenty seconds. bubbles form when the product c is created. the student prepares three test tubes, each containing both reactants a and b. she adds unknowns x, y, and z to test tubes 1, 2, and 3, respectively. she then times the reaction in each test tube from the point when the unknown is added until bubbling stops. how can the student identify the catalyst? the test tube that stops bubbling first contains the catalyst. the test tube that produces the most bubbles contains the catalyst. the test tube that bubbles the longest contains the catalyst. the test tube that does not bubble contains the catalyst.

answer: decrease

a limiting factor is the one which decrease the abundance, distribution and causes extinction of the population of species in a ecosystem. here, predators including hawks, owls and snakes are the limiting factor for the population of mexican free tailed bat.   although bats are nocturnal animals as they forge for food at night these predators also may remain active during night which can decrease the population of the mexican free-tailed bats. also, these bats eat only one type of insects that are moths. the food can also be a limiting factor as all 400 members are dependent upon same type of food needs that are moths. the decrease in the moth population can cause decrease in population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.

therefore, the scenarios will most likely to decrease the population size of the mexican free-tailed bats.  

ecological efficiency: % of usable energy transferred as

biomass from one trophic level to the next typical is 10% efficient (90% of

energy is lost),is diagramed as the pyramid of energy flow. then osprey eagle

are tertiary consumer and the shrimp are primary consumer, so to balance

mass of shrimp (1/0.1) / 0.1 = 100 kg