4.1

Question 1

Defention of Biomass

Answer 1

Rnewable organic material that comes from plants and animals

Question 2

Defention of Productivity

Answer 2

Amount of solar energy converted to biomass

Question 3

Defention of Efficincy

Answer 3

The efectiveness with which biological systems process and utilize information or perform specific functions

Question 4

Photosynthesis

Answer 4

Sunlight + Co2 + H20 –> 02 + glucose

Question 5

Resperation

Answer 5

02 + glucose –? energy + Co2 + H20

Question 6

What type of organsisims preform the processes of photosynthesis and cellular reperation?

Answer 6

Plant cells and some bateria and algae

Question 7

If primary producers capture 1.6 W/m2, how much energy will be available for the secondary consumer? Assume the 10% rule.

Answer 7

0.016

Question 8

If primary producers capture 2.3 W/m2, how much energy will be available for the secondary consumer? Assume the 10% rule.

Answer 8

0.023

Question 9

Why is it better to eat a lower trophic level?

Answer 9

To reduce the extraciton of resoures

Question 10

Predict how the amount of solar energy in a location relates to productivity

Answer 10

The amount of solar energy a location gets is somehow converted into biomass. Productivity is the amount of solar energy that is converted to biomass.

Question 11

Predict how the amount of solar energy in a location relates to biomass

Answer 11

The amount of solar energy in a location determines how much biomass a location has.