Ecology Part 1 Review

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What is ecology?

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The study of relationships between organisms and their environments.

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Is the panda a producer or consumer?

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Consumer.

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What do we call an organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy?

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Consumer.

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In a food chain, if spiders eat flies, which direction should the arrow point?

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FROM the fly, TO the spider.

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Who is responsible for making energy storage molecules (glucose) for the ecosystem?

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Producers.

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What are producers?

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Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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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 food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.