3.2 Vocab

Question 1

Producer

Answer 1

Capture energy from sunlight and they capture chemical energy.

Question 2

Photosynthesis

Answer 2

Converting energy that is captured into food.

Question 3

Chemosynthesis

Answer 3

Organisms use chemical energy to produce carbohydrates.

Question 4

Heterotroph

Answer 4

Rely on other organisms for their food supply.

Question 5

Consumer

Answer 5

Type of heterotroph.

Question 6

Herbivore

Answer 6

Obtain energy by only eating plants.

Question 7

Carnivore

Answer 7

Obtains energy by only eating meat.

Question 8

Omnivore

Answer 8

Obtains energy by eating plants and meat.

Question 9

Detritivores

Answer 9

Obtain energy by feeding off of dead matter.

Question 10

Decomposers

Answer 10

Breaks down organic matter.

Question 11

Food Chain

Answer 11

Series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.

Question 12

Food Web

Answer 12

Links all the food chains in the ecosystem together.

Question 13

Trophic Level

Answer 13

Each step in a food chain or food web.

Question 14

Ecological Pyramid

Answer 14

Diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter contained within each tropic level in a food chain or food web.

Question 15

Biomass

Answer 15

Total amount of living tissue within a given tropic level.

Question 16

Autotroph

Answer 16

Organism that capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use that energy to produce food.