Unit 4 Energy in Ecosystems Vocab Review

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Original energy source for all living things?

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the sun

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Can make their own food through photosynthesis.

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producers

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Community of organisms and their environment

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ecosystem

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Animal that eats only plants

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herbivore

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Nonnative organism disrupting an ecosystem

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invasive species

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Top of the food pyramid, smallest number:

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third level consumer

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When a consumer eats another organism, it receives:

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Energy

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Group of individuals of the same species in a specific area

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population

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Life in an ecosystem can be affected by the loss of food, water, or space; this is called

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Limiting factors

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Need to eat other organisms for energy

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consumers