Unit 1.1

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What is input or output?

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Includes energy, matter, and information.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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A carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores.

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What is feedback?

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Information from one step of a cycle that acts to change the behavior of a previous step of a cycle.

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What is the biosphere?

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The part of Earth where living organisms exist.

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What is the hydrosphere?

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The part of Earth that consists of water, including oceans, lakes, and rivers.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary producers, typically herbivores.

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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.

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What is a food web?

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

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that makes its own food, typically through photosynthesis.