12.4 What Are The Processes Involved In Maintaining A Stable Ecosystem 12.5 How Can We Help Maintain A Stable Ecosystem (no cards)

Question 1

what are producers

Answer 1

green plants

make food using carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light during photosynthesis

Question 2

what is energy released by the plant used for

Answer 2

growth

some of this energy is stored (within the plants) as chemical potential energy

Question 3

what are consumers

Answer 3

animals that obtain energy when the feed on plants or other animals or both

Question 4

what does a food web show

Answer 4

how one or more food chains are interconnected

overall picture of all organisms involved in transfer of energy and nutrients in an ecosystem

Question 5

flow of energy (consumers)

Answer 5

consumers respire to release energy stored in food

they also release energy stored in undigested food which is passed out as faeces