Ecology

Question 1

albedo and earths

Answer 1

amount of light reflected on a surface and 30%

Question 2

7 trophic levels

Answer 2

producer, primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quintenary, sextary

Question 3

first law of thermodynamics

Answer 3

energy can not be created or destroyed. it can only be transformed

Question 4

second law of thermodynamics

Answer 4

with each conversion of energy, there’s going to be les energy available

Question 5

chemosynthesis

Answer 5

photosynthesis in the ocean

Question 6

trophic level

Answer 6

feeding level where energy and matter is transformed

Question 7

food chain

Answer 7

feeding model that shows the linear pathway of the transfer of food through low to higher trophic levels

Question 8

how many % of energy is passed on to the next trophic level

Answer 8

30%

Question 9

Rapid cycling

Answer 9

recycling of materials quickly eg carbon

Question 10

slow cycling

Answer 10

recycling of materials slowly eg fossil fuels

Question 11

2 carbon sinks

Answer 11

ocean and forest trees

Question 12

how can acid deposition affect ecosystem

Answer 12

acidifies lakes damage plants leech nutrients from soil

Question 13

nitrogen fixation

Answer 13

converting of nitrogen gas into ammonium through bacteria

Question 14

nitrogen fixing bacteria

Answer 14

live on lumpy nodes of legumes and turn nitrogen into ammonium for the plant

Question 15

ammonification

Answer 15

decomposers break down organic matter into ammonium