Where'd the Energy Go?
What is the different between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
A primary consumer eats the producer and the secondary consumer eats the primary consumers
What is an example of precipitation?
Rain, sleet, hail, snow
Plants consuming nitrogen through their roots is called what?
Assimilation
What are the 4 main processes of the carbon cycle?
Photosynthesis, Respiration, Combustion, Decomposition.
What is the difference between a herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore
An herbivore is an organism that eats plants, a carnivore is an organism that eat meat, and omnivores are organisms that eat both.
What are the 4 main processes of the water cycle?
Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation, Transpiration.
What is the difference between Nitrogen Fixation?
Nitrogen Fixation is when bacteria in the soil turns nitrogen into nitrate.
Which part of the carbon cycle deals with turning carbon dioxide into food for a plant?
Photosynthesis
Give an example of a food chain.
Discretion Advised
What is evaporation?
Evaporation is when water returns to the atmosphere from liquid to gas.
What is Ammonification?
Ammonification is when bacteria or fungus turns waste into ammonia.
Which part of the carbon cycle deals with turning food intro carbon dioxide?
Respiration
What is the difference between a food chain vs. food web
A food chain is a singular chain of energy transfer and a food web is multiple chains of energy transfers.
What is Condensation?
Condensation is when gas turns into liquids; usually happens in clouds.
What is the difference between Nitrification and Denitrification?
Nitrification is when bacteria turns ammonia into nitrites and nitrates and Denitrification is when bacteria returns nitrogen to the atmosphere.
Which part of the carbon cycle deals with the burning of fossil fuels?
Combustion
Where do producers get their enrgy from?
The sun.
What is Transpiration?
Transpiration is when water returns to the atmosphere through plants.
When fertilizers producing excess nitrogen flow into water reservoirs, causing excess algae to grow is called what?
Eutrophication
Which part of the carbon cycle deals with waste and decay
Decomposition