population stuff

Question 1

Describe how the biomass of an ecosystem is related to the Ecological Pyramid

Answer 1

A biomass pyramid is the representation of total living biomass or organic matter present at different trophic levels in an ecosystem.

Question 2

Define boom-and-bust cycles

Answer 2

long periods of almost exponential growth (boom) and a subsequent population crash due to competition (bust)

Question 3

Explain how food chains interconnect to form food webs.

Answer 3

food chains simply show the flow of energy from the primary consumers up through all of the different levels of consumers.