Ecology Review 2024

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What does every food chain start with?

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The sun.

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How does carbon move through a food chain as part of the carbon cycle?

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Producers take in carbon dioxide, and consumers release it.

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What does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

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What term best describes a parrot that eats fruit, seeds, and insects?

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Omnivore.

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What are plants that convert energy from the sun called?

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Producers.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that can make its own food using sunlight, such as plants.

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore?

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A herbivore eats only plants, while a carnivore eats only other animals.

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What role do primary consumers play in a food chain?

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They are the first level of consumers that eat producers.