Deck 11

Question 1

Producer

Answer 1

An organism that can make its own food.

Question 2

Consumer

Answer 2

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

Question 3

Detritivore

Answer 3

organism that feeds on plant and animal remains and other dead matter

Question 4

Decomposer

Answer 4

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

Question 5

energy pyramid

Answer 5

A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web

Question 6

biochemical cycle

Answer 6

the circulation of substances through living organisms from or to the environment.

Question 7

Eutrophication

Answer 7

rapid algal growth caused by an excess of nitrates (NO3)- and phosphates (PO4)3- in water

Question 8

Physical Disturbance

Answer 8

anything that changes the physical structure of the habitat (fire, waves, tree-fall, plowing)

Question 9

resource depletion

Answer 9

the act of using resources faster than they can be restored or replaced

Question 10

habitat loss

Answer 10

The destruction of habitats that usually results from human activities

Question 11

anthropogenic climate change

Answer 11

climate change which is human caused, either directly or indirectly