Ecology review

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What are the basic needs for survival of organisms?

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Food, water, shelter, and space.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food.

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What happens to the rabbit population if the fox population decreases?

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The rabbit population would increase.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy.

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How does a mouse obtain energy in a food web?

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From a producer.

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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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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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What is competition in ecology?

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The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

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What is a habitat?

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The natural environment where an organism lives.