DAY 9

Question 1

Producer

Answer 1

creates its own food directly from solar energy through photosynthesis

Question 2

Decomposer

Answer 2

breaks down the nutrients in dead organisms for its food

Question 3

Consumer

Answer 3

must get its energy by consuming other organisms

Question 4

Biomass

Answer 4

the total amount of biological matter in a specific trophic level or ecosystem

Question 5

Nitrogen Cycle (example of)

Answer 5

converted to usable form by lightning and bacteria; plants uptake nitrates form the soil

Question 6

Herbivore

Answer 6

obtains food from consuming other plants

Question 7

Ecological Pyramid

Answer 7

displays the total biomass and energy flow through each trophic level

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

obtains its food from consuming other animals

Question 9

Omnivore

Answer 9

obtains its food from consuming both plants and animals

Question 10

Trophic Levels

Answer 10

classification of organisms by feeding relationships in hierarchal order

Question 11

Food Web

Answer 11

the network of energy sources in an ecosystem

Question 12

Carbon Cycle (example of)

Answer 12

conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide to starches and oxygen gas in plants; release carbon dioxide through cellular respiration in animals