Chapter 2 - Energy Flow

Question 0

Flow of energy from an ecosystem to an organism and from one organism to another is called?

Answer 0

Energy flow

Question 1

What is biomass?

Answer 1

Total mass of living plants, animals, fungi and bacteria.

Question 2

Define decomposition.

Answer 2

Breaking down of organic waste and dead organisms.

Question 3

The action of living organisms such as bacteria to break down dead organic matter is called?

Answer 3

Biodegration

Question 4

What is a food chain? What are the levels in a food chain?

Answer 4

Model that shows the flow of energy from plant to animal and animal to animal.

1. Primary producers
2. Primary consumers
3. Secondary consumers
4. Tertiary consumers

Question 5

I get energy and nutrients by eating the bodies of small dead animals, dead plant matter, and animal wastes. What am I?

Answer 5

Detrivore

Question 6

I eat plants. What am I?

Answer 6

Herbivore

Question 7

I eat animals. What am I?

Answer 7

Carnivore

Question 8

I eat both plants and animals. What am I?

Answer 8

Omnivore

Question 9

Models that show feeding relationships within an ecosystem are called?

Answer 9

Food webs

Question 10

Energy that is lost from one trophic level to another is called?

Answer 10

Food pyramid