AP Environmental Science Final Exam | 200 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Succession - -recovery after disaster Photosynthesis - -the process by which producers use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose Cellular Respiration - -the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy (ATP), carbon dioxide, and water Food Chain - -the sequence of consumption from producers through tertiary consumers Food Web - -a complex model of how energy and matter move between trophic levels Detrivores - -organisms that specialize in breaking down dead tissues and waste products into smaller particles Decomposers - -fungi or bacteria that recycle nutrients from dead tissues and wastes back into an ecosystem Gross Primary Productivity - -the total amount of solar energy that producers in an ecosystem capture via photosynthesis over a given amount of time Net Primary Productivity - -the energy captured by producers in an ecosystem minus the energy producers respire Standing Crop - -the amount of biomass present in an ecosystem at a particular time Ecological Efficiency - -the proportion of consumed energy that can be passed from one trophic level to anotherBiogeochemical Cycles - -the movement of matter within and between ecosystems