Ecological pyrimads

Question 1

The quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object.

Answer 1

Energy

Question 2

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Answer 2

Food web

Question 3

A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food.

Answer 3

Food chain

Question 4

Each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, consisting of organisms sharing the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.

Answer 4

Trophic level

Question 5

A linked series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.

Answer 5

Metabolic processes

Question 6

Agraphical representation designed to show the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in a givenecosystem.

Answer 6

Ecological pyrimads

Question 7

The total quantity or weight of organisms in a given area or volume.

Answer 7

Biomass