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Bio Unit 2 Sec 1 #1
Bio Unit 2 Lecture 9/Tropic levels and Energy Flow
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| All chemical reasons in cells that support life is called: | Cellular Metabolism |
| The ultimate source of energy for life on earth comes from the _____ | Sun |
| Plants are known as ______ | Producers |
| Plants get energy from the sun through ______ in _______ compounds like sugars and starch | Photosynthesis; Chemical |
| Herbivores and carnivores are known as ______ | Consumers |
| Consumers rely on food made by _______ to survive- they eat ______! | Producers; Plants |
| Secondary, tertiary and quaternary consumers move ______ through the ecosystem when they eat other ______ | Energy; Carnivores |
| The capacity (ability) to do work is called _______ | Energy |
| The energy of motion (ex. waterfall or ball rolling down a hill) is called ______ energy | Kinetic |
| Stored energy (ex. ball sitting on top of hill; molecule of glucose (Sugar!) that has stored energy) is called _______ | Potential Energy |
| The study of energy and energy transfer | Thermodynamics |
| Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only changed from one form to another is the ______ ____ of Thermodynamics | 1st Law |
| Energy cannot be changed from one form to another without a loss of usable energy in the form of heat is the ____ ____ of Thermodynamics | 2nd Law |
| _____ energy is concerted to _____ energy once it begins to move (ex. ball begins to roll down the hill) | Potential; Kinetic |
| ______ is the lowest form of energy | Heat |
| Heat is not _____ by living systems. It is just giving off | Usable |
| A measure of at the amount of randomness and disorder in the universe | Entropy |
| There is a natural tendency toward _____ in the universe so entropy is always _______ | Disorder; Increasing |
| Energy "__" makes things organized | In |
| Energy is required to _____ matter and maintain order because we are working against the forces of ______ | Organize; Entropy |
| Example of entropy in action is using a simple ______ compound to build larger _____ pounds which requires energy | Inorganic; Organic |
| Example of entropy in action is CO2 being used to make glucose during ______. Glucose then has potential energy held within its ____ form | Photosynthesis; Chemical |
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