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Energy in ecosystems - Part One (Defs)
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1Organisms that capture the sun's energy in the bonds of glucose molecules
- AProducers
- BHeterotrophs
- CConsumers
- DDetritus
2The trophic (bottom level) of producers
- AAutotrophs
- BHeterotrophs
- CConsumers
- DGross Primary Productivity
3Autotrophs/producers produce their own food from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Organisms that rely on other organisms for energy
- AAutotrophs/Producers
- BConsumers/heterotrophs
- CDetrivors
- DDecomposers
5The total organic matter produced annually in an area by photosynthesis
- AGross primary productivity
- BNet primary productivity
- CEnergy Transfer
- DPhotosynthesis
6The amount of organic matter available to herbivores annually
- ANet primary productivity
- BGross primary productivity
- CDetritis
- DEnergy transfer
7Organisms that obtain nutrients by ingesting detritus
- ADetrivors
- BDetritus
- CDecomposers
- DConsumers
8A mixture of dead plants, skin, undigested food and dead organisms
- ADetrivors
- BDetritus
- CBiomass
- DDecomposer
9The total mass of living matter in an ecosystem
- ATrophic level
- BBiomass
- CNet primary productivity
- DGross primary productivity
10Organisms that use external digestion and excrete enzymes that break down nutrients before absorbing them
- ADecomposers
- BDetrivors
- CConsumers
- DProducers
11The process of transferring light energy into chemical energy
- APhotosynthesis
- BDecomposers
- CProducers
- DConsumers
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- Hannah W
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