Ecology

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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 is a graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of usable energy contained within?

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Energy Pyramid

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What do you call a consumer that eats plants?

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Herbivore

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In a food web, what is the rabbit considered?

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Primary Consumer

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What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

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Trophic level

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that makes its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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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 soil.

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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 heterotroph?

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An organism that cannot produce its own food and must consume other organisms for energy.

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both species benefit from the interaction.