Farming practices and production

Question 1

What is a food chain?

Answer 1

Simple lines of energy transfer. Each stage is called a trophic level

Question 2

What is a food web?

Answer 2

Shows lots of food chains in an ecosystem and how they overlap

Question 3

What is a decomposer?

Answer 3

Part of the food web. An organism that breaks down dead or undigested material allowing nutrients to be reduced

Question 4

What is a prodcuer?

Answer 4

An organism that makes their own food

Question 5

What is the aim of farming practices?

Answer 5

To increase the amount of energy available for human consumption

Question 6

Name 2 farming practices that increase the amount of energy available

Answer 6

Simplifying food webs
Reducing respiratory losses

Question 7

How does simplifying food web increase the amount of energy?

Answer 7

It gets rid of pests by using chemical pesticides, biological agents or integrated systems. This reduces energy loses and increases the NPP of a crop

Question 8

How does reducing respiratory losses increase the amount of energy?

Answer 8

Farmers can control the living conditions of their animals. This means that energy is transferred more efficiently.