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What is the term used to describe a relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is harmed?

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Parasitism

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What is the term used to describe the transfer of energy from one organism to another in a food chain?

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Trophic transfer

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What is the term used to describe a relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is unaffected?

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Commensalism

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In a food chain, which organism is always at the first trophic level?

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Primary producers

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What is the highest trophic level in a food web?

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Tertiary consumer

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What are primary producers?

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Organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a food chain?

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

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What role do decomposers play in a food chain?

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

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What is the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore?

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Herbivores eat plants, while carnivores eat other animals.