3.2 Study Guide

Question 1

What are decomposers?

Answer 1

Things that get their energy from down animal remains.

Question 2

What is an example of a decomposer in the ocean?

Answer 2

Crabs

Question 3

What are herbivores?

Answer 3

Things that only eat plants.

Question 4

What is an example of a herbivore in the ocean?

Answer 4

Barnacles

Question 5

What are omnivores?

Answer 5

Things that eat everything.

Question 6

What is an example of an omnivore in the ocean?

Answer 6

Sea Stars

Question 7

What are carnivores?

Answer 7

Things that only eat meat.

Question 8

What is an example of a carnivore in the ocean?

Answer 8

Sharks

Question 9

What are direct effects?

Answer 9

Short term effects

Question 10

What are indirect effects?

Answer 10

Long term effects

Question 11

Are populations bigger or smaller at the top of trophic pyramids

Answer 11

smaller

Question 12

Are the energy levels high or low at the bottom of trophic pyramids?

Answer 12

High

Question 13

What are the trophic levels?

Answer 13

Producers-primary-secondary-teritary-quaternary

Question 14

What is a producer?

Question 15

What is a primary consumer?

Answer 15

animals that eat plants

Question 16

What is a secondary consumer?

Answer 16

largely carnivores that feed on the primary consumers or herbivores

Question 17

What is a tertiary consumer?

Answer 17

animals that consume other animals to obtain nutrition from them.

Question 18

What is a quaternary consumer?

Answer 18

The organisms that prey on and eat tertiary consumers