C4.2 Transfers of Energy and Matter (part 1)
14 review questions with answers for C4.2 Transfers of Energy and Matter (part 1), marked SL. Read them here, or play the set as a class game on the projector. Free to host, and students join with a code.
The formation of peat and fossil fuels from partially decomposed organic matter?
- FossilizationRight answer
- Autotroph
- Consumer
- Greenhouse Effect
All 14 questions and answers
The formation of peat and fossil fuels from partially decomposed organic matter?
Answer: Fossilization
The release of CO₂ into the atmosphere by burning biomass or fossil fuels?
Answer: Combustion
A gas produced by archaeans in anaerobic conditions, later oxidized to CO₂?
Answer: Methane (CH₄)
Gases that absorb and re-emit long-wave infrared radiation in the atmosphere?
Answer: Greenhouse Gases
The two most significant greenhouse gases?
Answer: CO₂ and Water Vapor
The type of radiation emitted by the Earth's surface after absorbing sunlight?
Answer: Long-wave Radiation (Infrared)
The process of the atmosphere trapping heat to keep Earth warm?
Answer: Greenhouse Effect
What do the arrows represent in a food chain or food web?
Answer: Direction of Energy Flow
An organism that uses external energy sources (usually sunlight) to synthesize its own organic molecules from inorganic substances?
Answer: Autotroph
An organism that obtains organic molecules from other organisms (by feeding on them)?
Answer: Heterotroph
An autotroph that starts a food chain by capturing light energy to create chemical energy (biomass)?
Answer: Producer
A heterotroph that feeds on living organisms by ingestion?
Answer: Consumer
A general term for organisms that break down dead organic matter, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem?
Answer: Decomposer
A heterotroph that obtains nutrients from dead organic matter (detritus) by internal digestion?
Answer: Detritivore
Play it as a class game
Play this set opens it in splycr, where you can host it for your class straight away. Hosting needs no account: put the room code on the projector, and students join from a phone with the code and their first name. Each question plays as multiple choice, and the three wrong options are other answers from the same set.