Energy Flow Basics
Chains, Webs, and Pyramids
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiriation
Miscellaneous
100
Organisms that get their energy from the sun are called?
Producers
100
What does the arrow direction show on a food web
the flow of energy
100
The purpose of photosynthesis is primarily to:
store solar energy as sugar (glucose)
100
What happens to start cellular respiration where glucose molecules get broken down into 2 pyruvates?
Glycolosis
100
What is C6H12O6
Glucose
200
What is an example of a heterotroph
any animal, fungi, some bacteria (must be specific)
200
What would happen to the rest of the organisms in a food web if the number of producers increased
it would allow more organisms to exist in that ecosystem or there would be less competition.
200
In what organelle does photosynthesis occur?
Chloroplast
200
What process in cellular respiration gives the cell the most ATP?
Aerobic Respiration
200
What does chlorophyl do?
helps plant cells absorb energy from light
300
Give an example of an autotroph
any plant, algae, some bacteria (must be specific)
300
What is the final organism on a food chain called
Apex predator (sometimes decomposer)
300
In which stage of photosynthesis is Water split?
the light dependent stage
300
What process occurs in the inner membrane of the mitochondria
Electron transport chain
300
NADPH and ATP are produced during what part of photosynthesis?
Light dependent reaction
400
About how much energy gets passed on through each trophic level on a food pyramid
10%
400
How many organisms exist in a food chain before a tertiary consumer.
3 organism (producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer)
400
Where do light independent reactions occur?
Stroma
400
Write the full chemical formula for cellular respiration.
6O2+C6H12O6 ---> 6CO2+6H2O+energy (ATP)
400
Overall, cellular respiration is a reaction that releases energy meaning it is ____________.
exothermic
500
List the 4 types of consumers
herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, detritivores (decomposers)
500
In this pyramid, which level has the least amount of energy available to them?
A
500
Write the full chemical formula for photosynthesis
6CO2+6H2O --Light--> C6H12O6+6O2
500
How much ATP can one molecule of glucose make if oxygen is present?
36-38 (2-4 if oxygen is not present)
500
What is the only molecule the human body can directly use for energy?
ATP