Energy in Ecosystems

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What is the main source of energy for plants?

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The Sun.

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What do we call organisms that make their own food?

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Producers.

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What is the process by which plants make their own food?

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Photosynthesis.

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What are organisms that eat only plants called?

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Herbivores.

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What are organisms that eat both plants and animals called?

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Omnivores.

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What are organisms that eat only other animals called?

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Carnivores.

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Where is the greatest amount of energy found on an energy pyramid?

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At the bottom.

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What do we call the flow of energy through an ecosystem?

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Energy transfer.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains.