Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

-All the organisms in a community as well as the abiotic environment

Question 2

Energy Flow

Answer 2

-Passage of energy through the ecosystem

Question 3

Primary Production

Answer 3

• The amount of solar energy converted to chemical energy
  -Carried out by producers
  -Produces biomass
  -Amount of living organic material in an ecosystem

Question 4

Gross Primary Production

Answer 4

The total amount of primary Production during a given period

Question 5

Net Primary Production

Answer 5

the amount of new organic material added to an ecosystem in a given period