Ecology Organization Levels

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What is a Producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that uses an outside source of energy, like the sun, to create energy-rich food molecules.

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What is a Consumer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.

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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 is a Trophic Level?

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The position an organism occupies in a food chain, which determines its role in the flow of energy.

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How much energy typically transfers between trophic levels?

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Approximately 10% of the energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.

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What is a Food Chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a Food Web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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What is the role of a Herbivore?

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An animal that primarily eats plants.

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What is the role of a Carnivore?

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An animal that primarily eats other animals.