Chapter 20

Question 1

All the living things in one area and the non living environment they interact with is called.

Answer 1

Ecosystem

Question 2

Study of an ecosystem usually focuses on two thing

Answer 2

Energy flows
Nutrient cycle

Question 3

Energy enters the livining system via

Answer 3

Producers
Sunlight and photosynthesis

Question 4

The amount of energy captured from photosynthesis

Answer 4

Productivity

Question 5

Is the amount of energy that makes it into tissues of photosynthesizers

Answer 5

Net Primary Productivity

Question 6

The engergy is passed throught the food chain in different levels called

Answer 6

Trophic levels
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Decomposers

Question 7

Trophic level 1

Answer 7

Producers

Question 8

Trophic level 2

Answer 8

Primary Consumer

Question 9

Trophic level 3

Answer 9

Secondary Consumer

Question 10

Trophic level 4

Answer 10

Tertiary Consumer

Question 11

How much energy makes it to the next Trophic level

Answer 11

10-20%
Limits level of food chain

Question 12

4 of the nutrients cycled through ecosystem

Answer 12

Water
Carbon
Nitrogen
Phosphorus

Question 13

Water cycle where is the water found

Answer 13

Oceans 96%
Ice (ice caps and glaciers)1.5-2%
groundwater 1.5- 2%
surface freshwater 1%
Water vapor 0.001%

Question 14

Ways water cycles through the ecosystem

Answer 14

Precipitation
Evaporation
Changing locations
(Runoff and other movement)
Respirations and Transpiration

Question 15

Carbon Cycle transisitons

Answer 15

Photosynthesis
Respiration
Geological processes
Combustion

Question 16

Carbon Pools

Answer 16

CO2 in air and water
Organic CO2 in living things/decomposing matter
Fossil fuels

Question 17

Annual weather patterns
temperature
rainfall

Answer 17

Climate

Question 18

Latitudes where air rises and cools

Answer 18

More precipitation

Question 19

Latitudes where air sinks and warms

Answer 19

Less precipitiation

Question 20

The differnet types of Ecosystems

Answer 20

Ocean 71%
Freshwater 2%
Terrestrial Biomes 25-30%

Question 21

Three types of ocean ecosystems

Answer 21

Shallow water intertidal zones
Open-Sea 40% of photosynthesis
Deep-Sea waters

Question 22

Types of freshwater ecosystems

Answer 22

River and Streams
Lakes and Ponds
Wetlands
Swamps & Marsh
Bog & fen

Question 23

Difference between (Swamps & Marsh) and (Bog &Fen)

Answer 23

Swamps & Marsh have surface water
Bog & fen have surface vegetation

Question 24

Difference between Swamp & Marsh

Answer 24

Swamps have trees
Marsh do not have trees

Question 25

Difference between Bog & Fen

Answer 25

Bog saturated soil and acidic
Fen is a wetland and alkaline

Question 26

Lake and pond zones

Answer 26

Littoral
Limnetic
Profundal

Question 27

Diffeence beween Littoral, Limnetic, and Profundal

Answer 27

Littoral; Shallow water
Limnetic; Open water
Profundal; Below light layer

Question 28

Ten different Biomes

Answer 28

Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Monsoon Forest
Savanna (tropical grassland)
Chaparral
Desert
Temperate Grassland (prairies)
Temperate Deciduous Forests
Temperate Rainforest
Taiga
Tundra