Energy, trophism, and productivity

Question 1

Energy Imputs

Answer 1

Come from the sun

Question 2

Energy outputs

Answer 2

Come from earth

Question 3

What is OPEN energy?

Answer 3

Energy that flows to and from earth

Question 4

What is Closed Energy?

Answer 4

Energy that are WITHIN the earth

Question 5

What is nutrients cycles an example of?

Answer 5

Closed system

Question 6

What is the flow of energy considered?

Answer 6

An Open System

Question 7

First Law of Thermodynamics

Answer 7

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change form

Question 8

Where does all energy come from?

Answer 8

The sun

Question 9

-Troph

Answer 9

Self nourishing, producers

Question 10

How are consumers organized?

Answer 10

Into trophic levels

Question 11

Where are producers always at on a trophic level?

Answer 11

The bottom

Question 12

Heterotrophs?

Answer 12

Consumers

Question 13

What are some examples of heterotrophs

Answer 13

Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores, and detritivores (all get their energy from consuming a producer)

Question 14

What do decomposers do?

Answer 14

Break down dead materials (bacteria, fungi, worms)

Question 15

Detritivores?

Answer 15

Consume material to break it down

Question 16

Producer

Answer 16

Photosynthetic Organisms, gets energy from the sun

Question 17

Primary Consumers

Answer 17

Always have a second trophic level as they eat plants

Question 18

Secondary Consumers

Answer 18

Could be carnivores or omnivores at the third level, eat the organisms that eat plants

Question 19

Tertiary Consumera

Answer 19

Apex predatores, eats the organisms that eats the organisms that eats plants. TOP DOGS

Question 20

How much light makes it to the plant?

Answer 20

1%

Question 21

Where does the other 99% of energy goes?

Answer 21

To surfaces, or are reflected back to the sun

Question 22

GPP

Answer 22

Gross primary productivity, overall rate off energy that is captures by the producer (60%)

Question 23

NPP

Answer 23

Net Primary Productivity always lower than GPP, usually less than 40%

Question 24

How much of the 1% goes to producers?

Answer 24

100%

Question 25

Primary consumers energy amount?

Answer 25

10%

Question 26

Secondary consumers energy amount?

Answer 26

1%

Question 27

Tertiary consumers energy amount?

Answer 27

.1%

Question 28

How much energy transfer goes to each level?

Answer 28

10% each level