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Test #3
Energy Flow
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Energy flow | One way flow |
| Energy is not destroyed, but... | Energy can transfer to an unusable form (entropy) |
| Energy flow is different from | Nutrient Value |
| Trophic level | Distance of consumer from primary producer |
| Example of enregy loss | Incandescent light bulb VS. Flouresent light bulb |
| Incandescent light bulb | Less efficient |
| Flouresent light bulb | Highly efficient |
| Tropic levels | Plants > Animals eat plants > Animals tha |
| Energy Flow | Producer to herbivore to primary carnivore to secondary carnivore = herbivore food chain |
| Primary carnivore | Rabbit |
| Secondary carnivore | Bobcat |
| Food web | Look at notes |
| Diatoms | Alga that photosynthesizes |
| Assimilation | Take in |
| Plants have | Cellular Respiatory |
| Look at energy flow charts | ----- |
| How do we know when detritus has energy? | If fungus is growing |
| Detritus | Dead organic matter |
| Net productivity is only available to | Carnivores |
| What is primary productivity? | #1 tropic level (plants) |
| What determines primary productivity/ | Rainfall |
| The more water released, the more... | Photosynthesis and primary productivity |
| Controllers of primary productivity | Water and fertilizer |
| Is Control P, N, and N+P have a greater growth in wet meadows are dry meadows? | Wet meadows |