Ecosystem Vocabulary & Models - OL

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What is a Food Chain?

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A single path of energy through an ecosystem, showing how energy is transferred by the process of eating.

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What kind of organism must food chains and webs start with?

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Producer

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Who is the primary consumer in a food chain?

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Grasshopper

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What is a Tertiary Consumer?

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An organism that is at the top of the food chain, eating secondary consumers.

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What do you call an organism that eats only producers?

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Herbivore

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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.

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What role do Decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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What is a Producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a Primary Consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; for example, a grasshopper.

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What is a Carnivore?

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An organism that primarily eats other animals.