| Energy, Producers, and Consumers |
| #1 |
What type of consumer eats only other animals? |
Carnivore |
| #2 |
What does a scavenger eat? |
The carcasses (leftovers) of other animals. |
| #3 |
An ____________ eats both plants and animals. |
Omnivore |
| #4 |
Carbon Dioxide, Water and Sunlight react to form Glucose(sugar) and Oxygen. What is this process called? |
Photosynthesis |
| #5 |
Primary Producer : Autotroph :: Consumer : ___________ |
Heterotroph |
| Energy Flow in Ecosystems |
| #1 |
Which direction does the arrow point in a food chain or food web? |
Towards the organism that consumes or eats the other. |
| #2 |
Who are the recyclers in a food chain or a food web? |
Decomposers and detritivores |
| #3 |
What is a trophic level? |
Each step in a food chain or food web |
| #4 |
The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is what? |
Biomass |
| #5 |
If you were to cause a disturbance in a food chain or food web, what would happen to that food chain or food web? |
Parts of the food web or food chain would begin to die. |
| Cycles of Matter |
| #1 |
Biogeochemical cycles cover what three things? |
Life, Earth, and chemical cycles. |
| #2 |
Nitrogen fixation is when nitrogen ______ is converted into nitrogen _____________ |
Gas; Compounds |
| #3 |
What is denitrification? |
Conversion of nitrogen compounds into nitrogen gas by bacteria. |
| #4 |
A nutrient whose availability limits productivity is what? |
A limiting nutrient |
| #5 |
How do humans participate in biogeochemical cycles? |
They are living things so they use biological processes, and through mining, burning fossil fuels, clearing land, farming, manufacturing, and more |
