Chapter 14 Cycling Of Matter Flashcards
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What is other name for consumers who consume organic matter off producers?
Primary consumers
What can be created off phytoplankton?
Radiant energy, from the sun, and chemical energy, produced by the body to make carbohydrates and glucose.
What is above the average consumers who need lots of energy?
Tertiary consumers
What is the “feeding level” of animals and state the levels?
Trophic level
First, second, third, fourth.
What is the line shown to display transfer of energy in animals?
Food chains
What creates an outline of interactions with an ecosystem?
Food web
Ecological pyramids can be compiled of what and how?
Mostly, the pyramid in comprised of consumers and producers.
Made in numbers, biomass and energy
The production of energy in producers and energy used in called?
Gross primary production(GPP) and Net primary production(NPP)
What is the equation associated with the difference of GPP and NPP?
NPP=GPP-R
What can producers of the dark be called?
Chemosynthetic
What is the accumulation of chemical pollutants called?
Bioaccumulation