Ecology

Question 1

Food chain

Answer 1

one possible path that energy and nutrients may take as they move through the ecosystem

Question 2

Food web

Answer 2

consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.

Question 3

Producers

Answer 3

make their own food and do not depend on any other organisms for nutrition

Question 4

autotrophs

Answer 4

Make their own fiid and do not depend on any other organism for nutrition

Question 5

consumers

Answer 5

eat other organisms for food

Question 6

trophic level

Answer 6

the grouping of organisms in a food web based pn thier role

Question 7

carnovore

Answer 7

animals that eat other animals

Question 8

omnivore

Answer 8

animals that eat both plants and animals

Question 9

herbovires

Answer 9

eats plants and algea

Question 10

primary consumer

Answer 10

are herbovores eat plants and other producers

Question 11

secondary consumer

Answer 11

eat herbivores.

Question 12

Tertiary consumers

Answer 12

eat the secondary consumers

Question 13

apex predators

Answer 13

eat other consumers. They may be at the fourth or fifth trophic level. They have no natural enemies except humans.

Question 14

Detritivores

Answer 14

are organisms that eat nonliving plant and animal remains. For example, scavengers such as vultures eat dead animals. Dung beetles eat animal feces.

Question 15

Decomposers

Answer 15

turn organic wastes, such as decaying plants, into inorganic materials, such as nutrient-rich soil. They complete the cycle of life, returning nutrients to the soil or oceans for use by autotrophs. This starts a whole new series of food chains.

Question 16

Scavenger

Answer 16

scavengers such as vultures eat dead animals. Dung beetles eat animal feces.