WEEK 4: Matter, Energy, and Life in Ecosystem

Question 1

Any substance that has mass and takes up space

Answer 1

MATTER

Question 2

Is the ability to do work

Answer 2

ENERGY

Question 3

Energy in motion

Answer 3

KINETIC

Question 4

Energy at rest

Answer 4

POTENTIAL

Question 5

Are called autotrophs. They manufacture their own food.

Answer 5

PRODUCERS

Question 6

Are called heterotrophs. They feed on plants, wastes of other living or remains of organisms

Answer 6

CONSUMERS

Question 7

Consumers that eat plant products

Answer 7

HERBIVORES

Question 8

Consumers that eat animal products

Answer 8

CARNIVORES

Question 9

Consumers that eat both plants and animals product

Answer 9

OMNIVORES

Question 10

Are fungis and bacteria that convert organic compound into inorganic forms which can be used again by living oganisms

Answer 10

DECOMPOSERS

Question 11

Aids in photosynthesis

Answer 11

LIGHT

Question 12

The effects of temperature on the absence or presence of animals in different habitats are varied.

Answer 12

TEMPERATURE/CLIMATE

Question 13

Types of soil that plants do not grow well because water goes rapidly through the spaces between

Answer 13

SANDY

Question 14

Retains water before drying it is sticky & not suitable for plant growth

Answer 14

CLAY

Question 15

Good for agriculture & made up of particles of gravel sand & clay with the addition of humus

Answer 15

LOAM

Question 16

Made up of very fine particles of soil or clay, deposited as sediments

Answer 16

SILT

Question 17

No organisms will survive without this. It compromises a large percent of the body tissue of organisms

Answer 17

WATER

Question 18

Plants that live in areas submerged in waters

Answer 18

HYDROPHYTES

Question 19

Found in neither wet nor dry environment

Answer 19

MESOPHYTES

Question 20

Found in almost waterless environment

Answer 20

XEROPHYTES

Question 21

Removes water vapor surrounding the plants causing evaporation to take place

Answer 21

WIND/AIR

Question 22

Deals with how energy is transferred in natural processes. It deals specifically with the relationship between heat, work, energy

Answer 22

THERMODYNAMICS

Question 23

Energy may be transferred into a system. It may be transferred from one form to another. Energy is never created nor destroyed

Answer 23

FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Question 24

With each successive energy transfer or transformation, less energy is available for work

Answer 24

SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Question 25

Position occupied by an organism in the food chain

Answer 25

TROPHIC LEVEL

Question 26

Weight of living matter per unit area of habitat

Answer 26

BIOMASS