Flow of energy

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

Question 2

Producer

Answer 2

an organism that produces organic compounds from simple substances such as water and carbon dioxide

Question 3

Consumer

Answer 3

Consumer in a food chain are living creatures that eat organisms from a different population. … Like sea angels, they take in organic moles by consuming other organisms, so they are commonly called consumers. Heterotrophs can be classified by what they usually eat as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, or decomposers.

Question 4

Decomposer

Answer 4

An organism, often a bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem.

Question 5

Food chain

Answer 5

in ecology, the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism.

Question 6

Food web

Answer 6

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Question 7

Photosynthesis

Answer 7

the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. Photosynthesis in plants generally involves the green pigment chlorophyll and generates oxygen as a byproduct.

Question 8

Cellular resperation

Answer 8

the process by which organisms combine oxygen with foodstuff molecules, diverting the chemical energy in these substances into life-sustaining activities and discarding, as waste products, carbon dioxide and water.