3.2

Question 1

Capture energy from sunlight, and those that capture chemical energy

Answer 1

Producer

Question 2

Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches

Answer 2

Photosynthesis

Question 3

Performed by several types of bacteria

Answer 3

Chemosynthesis

Question 4

Organism that rely on other organisms for their energy and food supply

Answer 4

Heterothrough

Question 5

Heterotrophs are also called this

Answer 5

Consumer

Question 6

Eat only plants

Answer 6

Herbivore

Question 7

Just eat meat

Answer 7

Carnivore

Question 8

Eat meat and plants

Answer 8

Omnivore

Question 9

Feed on plant and animal remains

Answer 9

Detritivore

Question 10

Breaks down organic matter

Answer 10

Decomposer

Question 11

A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

Answer 11

Food chain

Question 12

Links all the food chains in an ecosystem together

Answer 12

Food web

Question 13

Each step in a food chain or food web is called a ______

Answer 13

Tropic level

Question 14

A diagram. That shows the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each tropic level in a food chain or food web

Answer 14

Ecological pyramid

Question 15

The total amount of living tissue within a given tropic level is called a ______

Answer 15

Biomass

Question 16

Bacteria can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use that energy to produce food

Answer 16

Autograph