Ecology

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What is a producer?

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An organism that captures energy and stores it in food as chemical energy.

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What is ecology?

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The scientific study of how organisms interact with their environment and all the other organisms that live in that environment.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that gets its energy by eating or consuming other organisms.

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What is a food chain?

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The feeding relationship between a producer and a single chain of consumers in an ecosystem.

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What is a decomposer?

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Organisms that break down dead plant and animal matter into simpler compounds.

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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 biotic factor?

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A living component of an ecosystem, such as plants and animals.

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What is an abiotic factor?

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A non-living component of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, and soil.

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What is a scavenger?

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An organism that consumes dead animals and plants.

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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.