Biology Mid Term

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What are tertiary consumers?

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Organisms that feed on secondary consumers.

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What is a carnivore?

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An organism that primarily eats other animals.

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What does energy refer to in an ecosystem?

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The capacity to perform work and flow through the ecosystem.

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What is a monomer?

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A small building block of a polymer.

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What is a heterotroph?

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An organism that consumes other organisms for food.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that can produce its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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Define 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.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.