Ecology Basics

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What role do you (a human) play in the food web?

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Consumer

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How might a lack of sunlight disrupt the food web?

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It would prevent producers from producing nutrients

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How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?

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Primary consumers eat only plants; secondary consumers eat other consumers.

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Sheep are herbivores. What can you infer from this?

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They are primary consumers.

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Through what process do producers make their own food using sunlight?

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Photosynthesis

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How is a food web different from a food chain?

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Food webs contain many different, linked food chains.

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What can you infer from the fact that the disappearance of just one species can disrupt an entire food chain?

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Food chains are extremely fragile.

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How are the living creatures in an ecosystem linked? Options: By what they eat, By how they breathe, By their size, By their species

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By what they eat

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This organism is most likely:

• A primary consumer
• A secondary consumer
• A decomposer
• A producer

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A decomposer

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Which of the following is a producer?

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