Roles of organisms
What's the role of a decomposer?
Breaks down and consumes dead organisms
What is a closed system?
A system in the amount of matter stays the same
How much energy is used for body repair and growth?
10% of energy is used
If Daniel Chona were to be attacked by Caelan Rafferty, whos the predator and whos the prey?
Caelan = predator
Daniel= prey
Of course
What is Caelan's birthday?
June 27th
What is the role of predators?
an organism that hunts other living organisms for food
What is sustainable matter?
It is something that can be used and maintained indefinitely.
How much energy is used by gas and waste?
60% of energy is used
What's the difference between food chains and food webs?
A food web shows one interaction between producers and consumers in an ecosystem, A food chain show multiple interactions in an ecosystem
What is the difference between population and community?
Population is a group of the same species, and community is different species that live together.
What is the role of detritivores?
An organism that feeds on decaying animal matter
What do trees absorb from the air?
They absorb carbon dioxide (CO2)
What does a ecological pyramid show us?
It shows us the energy loss between organisms at each level of a food chain
What is a primary consumer?
The first organism to eat the producers
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic elements?
Abiotic elements are non-living/dead and biotic elements are living
What is the role of producers?
An organism that makes its own food from the sun.
It also gives energy to the primary consumer
What is evaporation?
The process of changing states from liquid to gas
What do you call someone who measures the amount of energy in an ecosystem?
An ecologist
What are humans on the pyramid of numbers?
Humans are the Tertiary comnsumers
What are the Elements of an ecosystem?
Elements of an ecosystem include all abiotic and biotic features ( rocks, water, plants etc.)
What is the role of the sun?
To provide energy for producers to make food with and warmth for other organisms
What are the ingredients of photosynthesis?
The “ingredients” for photosynthesis are water, carbon dioxide, and energy, which yields glucose ( foods that plants produce), and oxygen,
If a mouse eats 200 units of energy, how much of that energy would the mouse's body store?
The mouse's body would store 20 units of energy
What would happen if the amount of producers in an environment where cut in half?
The rest of the food chain would collapse because it couldn't support the amount of consumers
What is biodiversity?
A wide variety of plant and animal life in an ecosystem