Foodchains Flashcards
0
Q
What is a detrital food chain?
A
A chain that starts with dead material.
1
Q
What is a decomposer?
A
Organism that eats dead material.
2
Q
What is a primary consumer?
A
The first organism to eat on a food chain.
3
Q
What are the stages in a food chain called?
A
Tropic levels.
4
Q
What is the binomial system?
A
Giving something two names.
5
Q
What is a genus?
A
1st name of an organism
6
Q
What is a species?
A
Lots of common features, breed to produce fertile offspring and 2nd name given
7
Q
What is a detritivore?
A
Organism that eats dead material
8
Q
What is biomass?
A
Mass of material in living organisms
