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Which kind of species is named after an arch's top stone?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What trophic level is a person who eats only fruit?

    Answer: Level 2

    Why: Humanity's average trophic level is about 2.2, the same as pigs and Peruvian anchovies.

  2. 2 Medium

    Which sea otter prey would otherwise strip kelp forests bare?

    Answer: Sea urchins

    Why: Where otters were hunted out, urchins grazed kelp forests down to bare seafloor called urchin barrens.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which predator's removal cut a rocky shore's species from 15 to 8?

    Answer: Sea star

    Why: Without the sea stars, mussels spread unchecked and crowded the other species off the rocks.

  4. 4 Easy

    Dust from which desert fertilizes the Amazon rainforest?

    Answer: Sahara

    Why: About 22,000 tons of phosphorus arrive this way each year, roughly what the Amazon loses to rain and floods.

  5. 5 Medium

    How do food chains at deep-sea vents get their energy?

    Answer: Chemosynthesis

    Why: Giant tube worms at the vents have no mouth or gut; bacteria living inside their bodies make their food.

  6. 6 Hard

    Why did the oxygen inside Biosphere 2 run low?

    Answer: Soil microbes

    Why: The oxygen inside fell from about 21% to 14.5%, and extra oxygen had to be pumped in.

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