Ecosystems test prep

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What is a type of consumer that only eats meat?

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Carnivore

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What is often at the top of a food chain?

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A top predator or apex predator.

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What happens when an animal goes extinct?

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All of the above (loss of biodiversity, disruption of food chains, etc.).

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What is a type of consumer that eats both plants and meats?

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Omnivore.

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Pick the Omnivore: Bear, Lion, Shark, Eagle?

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Bear.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.

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Define biodiversity.

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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