Ecology Organization Levels

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material, or waste.

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What is a community in ecology?

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Groups of different populations living together in the same place at the same time.

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What does the second law of thermodynamics state about entropy?

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The entropy of a system tends to increase.

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What does biomass refer to?

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The amount of living tissue at a trophic level.

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What happens to 90% of an organism's energy that is not passed to the next trophic level?

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It is used for life processes or lost as body heat.

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Define an ecosystem.

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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What is a trophic level?

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Each step in a food chain or food web, representing the flow of energy and nutrients.

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What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?

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Producers create their own energy through photosynthesis, while consumers obtain energy by eating other organisms.

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What is the role of primary producers in an ecosystem?

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They convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.

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What is ecological succession?

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The process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.