Ecology, food chains and food webs

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What is an organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds called?

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Autotroph

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What do you call a collection of organisms that belong to different populations but all live in the same area and interact with one another?

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Community

Front

What are the nonliving aspects of an ecosystem called?

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Abiotic factors

Front

What two things does a plant make during photosynthesis?

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Oxygen and glucose

Front

What is the ultimate source of energy in any food web?

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The sun

Front

What is the term for organisms that cannot produce their own food and must consume other organisms?

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Heterotroph

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What is the relationship between different organisms in a food chain called?

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Trophic interaction

Front

What term describes the role of an organism in its environment, including its habitat and interactions?

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Niche

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What is the term for the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity

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What do we call the series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten?

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Food chain