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ch 18.3
intro to ecology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| producer | manufacture (make) their own food. |
| chemosynthesis | the process which an organism uses energy stored in inorganic molecules to produce carbohydrates. |
| gross primary productivity | the rate at which producers in an ecosystem capture the energy of sunlight |
| biomass | organic material produced in an ecosystem. |
| net primary productivity | the rate at which biomass accumulates. |
| consumers | obtain energy by eating other organisms or organic waste. |
| herbivore | eats plants/producers |
| carnivore | eats other consumers/meat |
| omnivore | eats both producers and consumers/ plants an animals |
| detritivores | eat waste/dead things |
| decomposers | detritivores that cause decay and break down organic material. |
| trophic level | position in a sequence of energy transfers |
| food chain | a single pathway of feeding relationships among organisms ina an ecosystem that results in energy transfer. |
| food web | interrelated food chains in an ecosystem. |