Ecology Review

Ecology Review

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Biology, Science

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a decomposer in an ecosystem?

Back

An organism that helps to recycle nutrients by eating dead or decaying organisms.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What happens to the amount of available energy as it moves up through the energy pyramid?

Back

It decreases.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from it in a food web?

Back

More than one organism may eat them.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a habitat?

Back

An area where an organism finds food, shelter, and water in a specific arrangement.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What role does a tertiary consumer play in a food web?

Back

A tertiary consumer is an organism that eats secondary consumers.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

Back

The sun.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Define the term 'food chain'.

Back

A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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