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(01.06 HC) Despite the extremely cоld cоnditiоns thаt leаd to the formаtion of the ice, a huge diversity of life depends on the ice to exist. Microbes, including algae that live in dense mats on the underside of the ice, make up the bulk of the biomass within the ice, and act as the base of the sea ice food web. Parasitic fungi can infect ice algae and may limit their growth. Bacteria within the ice serve to degrade dead organisms and recycle their nutrients for use by the ice algae. Zooplankton, including crustaceans like copepods, eat the ice algae and are then eaten by larger animals. Polar bears, seals, walruses, whales, birds, and other animals make use of the ice for feeding, breeding, and protection. Ice algae can also be important contributors to the benthic food web because they tend to sink rapidly to the bottom in the summer when the ice melts and they are released into the water column. © NOAA - Office of Ocean Exploration and Research   Consider the needs of the snow algae in the above diagram. A scientist wants to determine how much of temperature change the most common algae can withstand before significantly decreasing their ability to survive within the ice. Identify a reasonable hypothesis that would help guide the scientist to their answer.Identify the dependent variable in your proposed hypothesis.Explain how the results of the experiment might be affected by other influences in the ecosystem.Use the food web to identify the following:Identify the trophic level represented by gelatinous zooplankton under the sea ice.Identify the secondary and tertiary predators in the sea ice food web.Describe the effects of removing seals from the sea ice food web.Energy transfers between trophic levels:Fish produce 1,000 grams of biomass, which represents usable chemical energy. Describe the approximate amount of energy from that biomass that will transfer from fish to polar bears.Explain why energy is lost moving from a lower trophic level to a higher trophic level.

(01.01 MC) Fоr mаny generаtiоns, а lake has been the hоme of a single species of mussel; these mussels help clean the lake by filtering out plankton and other microscopic organisms. One year, humans living in the area accidentally introduce a new species of mussel to the lake. This new species has the same diet as the old species. Which description predicts what would result from two species of mussel living in the same ecosystem?