Ecology

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The removal of which group would cause an immediate decrease in the amount of energy flowing through an ecosystem?

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Producers

Front

Green plants are

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producers

Front

What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

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sunlight

Front

An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

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autotroph

Front

What is an ecological model of the relationships that form a network of complex interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decomposers?

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food chain

Front

What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

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trophic level

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Which symbiosis is this? Options: parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, nonalism

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parasitism

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Symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

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Mutualism

Front

The energy at each trophic level in the pyramid of energy decreases by a factor of ____. Options: 10, 1, 100, 2

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10

Front

What does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.