ECOLOGY REVIEW

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What is the living part of an ecosystem?

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Biotic

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What is a detritivore?

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An organism that feeds on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.

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What do we call all of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other?

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Ecosystem

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What percentage of energy usually transfers from one trophic level to the next?

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10%.

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What is an example of an abiotic factor?

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Water temperature.

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What is the term for the non-living parts of an ecosystem?

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Abiotic factors.

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What is a community in ecological terms?

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A group of different species living together in one area.

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What is the primary producer in an ecosystem?

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Plants, which convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.

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What is the role of a herbivore in an ecosystem?

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An organism that eats plants.

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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.