Energy Relationships, Food Chains, Food Webs, Trophic Levels

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What is an animal that hunts other animals for food called?

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Predator

Front

What do we call an organism that makes its own food?

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Autotroph

Front

What is a diagram that shows the biomass of organisms at each trophic level?

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Ecological pyramid

Front

What is the term for the organism that is killed by another organism for food?

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Prey

Front

What do we call an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms?

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Consumer

Front

What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

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The Sun

Front

What is the term for a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food?

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Food chain

Front

What is a complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem called?

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Food web

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What are the different levels in a food chain called?

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Trophic levels

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What type of organism breaks down dead organic material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem?

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Decomposer