Review Unit 4 Ecology Part 2 Sect 1 Vocab

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.

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What is an herbivore?

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A consumer that eats only plants.

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What is a food chain?

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A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.

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What is a carnivore?

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A consumer that eats only animals.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms, also known as a heterotroph.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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What is an omnivore?

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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What is a food web?

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

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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