The chemicalenergy stored in the bonds of molecules which the organism contains
Describe how to calculate biomass.
By calculating the dry organic mass of material:
Measure the amount of carbon an organism contains
Dry and weigh at intervals
Once constant all water has been removed
Carbon mass is estimated at 50% of any dry mass
What makes up an ecosystem.
A biological community of biotic and abiotic factors
All contain a producer and consumers
Define autotrophy
Organisms which produce their own food
Define photoautotrophy.
Terrestrial and aquatic plants which use photosythesis to produce their own food.
How is glucose the biomass of a plant?
Some glucose leaves by respiration in a plant, whilst the rest is incorperated into biological molecules. The biological molecules is what is the biomass.
