4.2 Vocab

Question 1

Food Chain

Answer 1

Series of different organisms transferring energy by getting eaten or eating another in an ecosystem

Question 2

Phytoplankton

Answer 2

Algae found close to the surface of a body of water who use photosynthesis as a main energy source

Question 3

Food Web

Answer 3

Interlocking paths of different eating patterns between organisms who eat each other in an ecosystem

Question 4

Trophic Level

Answer 4

Different steps in food chains or webs

Question 5

Ecological Pyramid

Answer 5

Different amounts of energy obtained from the eating of an organism in different levels of a food chain

Question 6

Biomass

Answer 6

all the amount of living tissue inside a specific trophic level combined