Ch.5 Key Terms

Question 1

photosynthesis

Answer 1

making town food from the sun

Question 2

producer

Answer 2

producers energy and gives out carbon

Question 3

consumer

Answer 3

eats plants or other animals

Question 4

decomposer

Answer 4

breaks down dead organisms and make them back into energy

Question 5

cellular respiration

Answer 5

a set of metabolic reactions

Question 6

food chain

Answer 6

a more defined and easier example of a energy cycle

Question 7

food web

Answer 7

a more diverse way of a food cycle

Question 8

trophic level

Answer 8

all the hierarchical levels in a ecosystem

Question 9

carbon cycle

Answer 9

where carbon is inverted into the ecosystem.

Question 10

nitrogen fixing bacteria

Answer 10

where molecular nitrogen in the air is converted into ammonia.

Question 11

nitrogen cycle

Answer 11

The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms.

Question 12

phosphorus cycle

Answer 12

biogeochemical that describes the movement of phosphorus

Question 13

ecological succession

Answer 13

the process of change

Question 14

primary succession

Answer 14

is one of two types of ecological succession

Question 15

secondary succesion

Answer 15

is one of two types of ecological succession

Question 16

pioneer species

Answer 16

is the first to come in a new part of land.

Question 17

climax community

Answer 17

were everything is fully grown.