Ecosystem Ecology

Question 1

Ecosystem Ecology

Answer 1

The study of how nutrients and energy flow through organisms and their surroundings

Question 2

Three large categories of Ecosystems

Answer 2

1. Terrestrial (23% of Earth)
2. Marine (75% of Earth)
3. Freshwater (2% of Earth)

Question 3

Resistance

Answer 3

Ability to retain equilibrium

Question 4

Resilience

Answer 4

Speed of return to equilibrium

Question 5

Biomagnification

Answer 5

Increasing Concentrations of persistent and toxic substances in organisms at successive trophic levels

Question 6

T/F Energy is lost through each Trophic Level

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Trophic Levels

Answer 7

A food web where a producer (an organism that produces it’s own energy) is eaten by the primary consumer, who is then eaten by the secondary consumer, so on and so forth, whoever isn’t eaten is known as the Apex Predator