Ecosystem

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What is a decomposer?

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A decomposer is an organism that breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What are some factors that could cause extinction?

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Destruction of animals' habitat, climate change, pollution, and increased human population can all cause extinction.

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True or False: A decomposer is also a producer.

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False. A decomposer and a producer are different types of organisms.

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Where does the food chain start?

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The food chain starts with the sun giving energy to producers.

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Choose the producer: rock, tree, cow, bird.

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Tree. A producer is an organism that can make its own food, like a tree.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is an ecosystem?

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An ecosystem is a community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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What is habitat destruction?

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Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present.