Chapter 14 Cycling Of Matter Flashcards

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What is other name for consumers who consume organic matter off producers?

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Primary consumers

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What can be created off phytoplankton?

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Radiant energy, from the sun, and chemical energy, produced by the body to make carbohydrates and glucose.

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What is above the average consumers who need lots of energy?

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Tertiary consumers

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What is the “feeding level” of animals and state the levels?

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Trophic level

First, second, third, fourth.

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What is the line shown to display transfer of energy in animals?

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Food chains

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What creates an outline of interactions with an ecosystem?

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Food web

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Ecological pyramids can be compiled of what and how?

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Mostly, the pyramid in comprised of consumers and producers.

Made in numbers, biomass and energy

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The production of energy in producers and energy used in called?

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Gross primary production(GPP) and Net primary production(NPP)

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What is the equation associated with the difference of GPP and NPP?

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NPP=GPP-R

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What can producers of the dark be called?

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Chemosynthetic

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What is the accumulation of chemical pollutants called?

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Bioaccumulation

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