Ecology

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What is the smallest level of an ecosystem?

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Organism

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If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

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100 Kcal

Front

What is a producer?

Back

An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food.

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What type of organism is a third-level consumer?

Back

Carnivore.

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Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

Back

Leaves

Front

Define an ecosystem.

Back

A community of living organisms interacting with their environment.

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What is a consumer?

Back

An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organic material, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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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 feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.