Ecology #1: Intro

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What is a producer?

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an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food

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In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available? Options: Producers, Carnivores, Herbivores, Top Predator

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Producers

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Biodiversity is

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the variety of species within an ecosystem

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What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems? Options: carbohydrates, sunlight, water, carbon

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sunlight

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What is an ecological model of the relationships that form a network of complex interactions among organisms in a community from producers to decomposers? Options: food web, an ecosystem, food chain, a population

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food chain

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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 does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

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Study of interactions between organisms and their environment

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ecology

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Members of a species in a defined area

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population

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Where an organism lives

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habitat