Terrestrial/Aquatic Ecosystems

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What does 'terrestrial' mean?

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Land

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What do the arrows in a food chain show?

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The flow of energy

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Which type of terrestrial ecosystem receives less than 10 inches of water a year?

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Desert

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Which aquatic ecosystem is a small body of water surrounded by land?

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Pond

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What is the role of the Sun in a food chain?

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Source of all energy

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their environment.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that makes its own food, like plants.

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead material, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy flows from one organism to another.