FINAL EXAM - Growth & Reproduction

Question 1

Antotrophs

Answer 1

Organisms that can synthesize their own food from inorganic sources

Question 2

Gross Primary Production

Answer 2

Total amount of chemical energy produced in a given area & time period

Question 3

Cellular Respiration

Answer 3

Takes energy just to stay alive
- Primary producers have to use chemical energy to fuel cellular respiration to produce the energy currency, ATP, which in turn, is used to fuel a diverse array of metabolic processes

Question 4

Growth & Reproduction

Answer 4

• Chemical energy that isn’t used for cellular respiration can be applied to growth & reproduction

Question 5

Net Primary Productivity

Answer 5

Energy that is invested by primary producers in building new tissue or offspring

Question 6

Biomass

Answer 6

The total amount of chemical energy that is stored in organic material

Question 7

Food Chain

Answer 7

Focuses one possible pathway of energy flow among trophic levels in an ecosystem

Question 8

Food Webb

Answer 8

A way to summarize energy flows and document the complex trophic interactions that occur in ecosystems

Question 9

Biomagnification

Answer 9

Increase in concentration in consumers at higher levels in a food chain