Food Pyramids

Question 1

Define food pyramids

Answer 1

Diagrams that are used to represent biomass and energy flow in food chains

Question 2

Define primary production

Answer 2

the total energy transformed by producers and stored as biomass

Question 3

Define biomass

Answer 3

tissue or organic matter (essentially, energy)

Question 4

Define secondary production

Answer 4

The total amount of biomass from producers converted to biomass in the next trophic level

Question 5

Give an example of biomass (this isn’t needed - I just like to have an analogy to get the concept to make more sense)

Answer 5

a piece of fruit - when you dehydrate the fruit, all you are left with is biomass