Food chains: Biology unit 9 : Ecology
The complex process of photosynthesis is responsible for:
- converting energy into basic food. - maintaining the food chain - supplying energy to man
Vocab
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A state of change in which the end result is equal or balanced
Dynamic equilibrium
Man's physiology is capable of converting solar energy to meet his needs.
False
All forms of life on earth are linked together in relationships involving ___________.
Food
"For by him were all things created" refers to the person of:
Jesus Christ
The location of earth and its quantity of solar radiation has permitted the unique presence of __________ in the universe
Liquid water
Putting together food molecules with chlorophyll and the light energy from the sun.
Photosynthesis
The most important food-producing organisms of the ocean are
Phytoplankton
The tiny, free floating plants in a lake or ocean; microscopic green algae.
Phytoplankton
Sort the food chain in order from the beginning of the process:
Plant Minnow Bass Man
How do phytoplankton affect the ecosystem of the entire earth?
Through the oxygen cycle
The tiny, free floating animals in a lake, stream, or ocean; rotifers, brine shrimp, and water fleas.
Zooplankton
A series of food energy steps from plants to animals to other animals in a community of living things
food chain
The tiny, free floating surface organisms in lakes, streams, or ocean
plankton
The first link in any food chain is always a(n)
plant
what is meant by "solar radiation equilibrium" in the related ecology principle?
the complex atmospheric conditions combined with the net influx and radiation outflux
