Ecosystem Review

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Role of the salmon in the web:

• The salmon is a producer because it makes its own food.
• The salmon is a decomposer because it eats krill.
• The salmon is a consumer because it eats krill.
• The salmon is a producer because it eats krill.

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The salmon is a consumer because it eats krill.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that eats other producers and/or consumers.

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Producer

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An organism that uses sunlight to produce its own food

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What do the arrows in a food chain show?

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The flow of energy

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What do all food chains start with?

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the sun

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What would most likely happen if the owls became extinct?

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The number of mice would increase while the number of insects would decrease.

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This graph shows the size of two populations. One is moose and one is bear. Using the graph, which statement describes the changes in the ecosystem from June to October?

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When the population of the bear became over-abundant, the population of moose decreased.

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Scarce

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There are only a few of the organisms around.

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over-abundant

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Too many of one organism in an ecosystem.

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Extinct

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An organism that no longer exists.

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