Ecological Relationships Flashcard

Front

What is transferred between organisms in a food chain and is represented by arrows?

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Energy

Front

What is an organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms?

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Decomposer

Front

What is the non-living part of the natural environment where an animal, plant, or other organism lives?

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Habitat

Front

What is another word for a plant or other producer that makes its own food using energy from sunlight?

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Autotroph

Front

What is the name of the process that producers use to make their own food?

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Photosynthesis

Front

What is the term for the role or function of an organism within its ecosystem?

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Niche

Front

What is a group of different species living together in a specific area?

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Community

Front

What is the term for the living and non-living components interacting in a specific area?

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Ecosystem

Front

What type of organism consumes other organisms for energy?

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Consumer

Front

What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?

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Photosynthesis