unit 6 vocab

Question 1

Decomposition

Answer 1

the process by which decomposers break down material and waste into simpler substances.

Question 2

energy pyramid

Answer 2

A diagram that demostrates the flow of energy though a food chain.

Question 3

photosynthesis

Answer 3

the process by which producers and plants use the energy in sunlight to create their own food.

Question 4

trophic level

Answer 4

the potion that an organism occupes in a food chain food web or energy pyramid.

Question 5

chemical energy

Answer 5

the potential of a chemical substance to undergo a chemical reaction to transform into other substances.

Question 6

consumer

Answer 6

animals that eat primary producers.

Question 7

decompuser

Answer 7

an organism, especially a bacteria or fungus that decomposes organic material.

Question 8

food chain

Answer 8

A hieragical series of organism each depend on the next on the next as an hour source of food.

Question 9

food web

Answer 9

a system of interlocking and interdipended food chains.

Question 10

producer

Answer 10

an organism that makes it’s own food from light energy or chemical energy without eating.

Question 11

radiant energy

Answer 11

the energy we get from the sun, includes infrared and ultraviolet energy

Question 12

autotroph

Answer 12

an organism that can make its own food ex. Photosynthesis

Question 13

hetertroph

Answer 13

an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients.

Question 14

thermal energy

Answer 14

also known as heat energy, is the energy an object has because of the movement of its molecules

Question 15

mechanical energy

Answer 15

the energy that is possessed by an object due to its motion