
APES Unit 1 Vocabulary
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- Q1rate at which organic matter is created by producers in an ecosystemPrimary productivity30s
- Q2Microscopic, free-floating, autotrophic organisms that function as producers in aquatic ecosystemsPhytoplankton30s
- Q3The total amount of solar energy that producers in an ecosystem capture via photosynthesis over a given amount of timeGPP (gross primary productivity)30s
- Q4(Net Primary Productivity): the energy captured by producers in an ecosystem minus the energy producers respireNPP30s
- Q5The hierarchical levels of the food chain through which energy flows from primary producers to primary consumers, secondary consumers and so on.Trophic levels30s
- Q6the principle stating that matter is not created or destroyed during a chemical reactionConservation of matter30s
- Q7A consumer that eats both plants and animalsOmnivore30s
- Q8A consumer that eats only animals.Carnivore30s
- Q9A consumer that eats only plants.Herbivore30s
- Q10Energy can be transferred and transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed.First law of thermodynamics30s
- Q11when energy is changed from one form to another, some useful energy is always degraded into lower quality energy (usually heat)second law of thermodynamics30s
- Q12Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food webEnergy pyramid30s
- Q13Only 10% of the total energy produced at each trophic level is available to the next level. The amount of energy passed up to the levels of the food pyramid reduces as you go up.10% rule30s
- Q14A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eatenFood chain30s
- Q15a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.Food web30s