5.1 Pyramids of Biomass

Question 1

What two type of organism capture light during photosynthesis?

Answer 1

Green plants and algae

Question 2

What is biomass?

Answer 2

The dry mass of living material in an organism

Question 3

Is the biomass at each stage in a food chain less or more than the previous stage?

Answer 3

Less

Question 4

What does a pyramid of biomass show?

Answer 4

The mass of the organisms at each stage in a food chain

Question 5

Is a pyramid of biomass more or less accurate than a pyramid of numbers?

Answer 5

More

Question 6

What energy transfer occurs in green plants to transfer energy through the food chain?

Answer 6

Solar to chemical

Question 7

Why are plants always at the base of the pyramid of biomass?

Answer 7

Plants capture light energy and transfer it to chemical energy to make food for animals to eat. Plants start the process of energy transfer in living organisms

Question 8

Where do all living organisms get their main source of energy?

Answer 8

Radiation from the sun