Energy Flow in Ecosystems

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What is the process used by producers who are too far from the sun's light to make food?

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Chemosynthesis

Front

Which level of a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?

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Level D

Front

What type of consumer eats a dead lizard?

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Detritivore

Front

What type of consumer eats tomatoes?

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Herbivore

Front

What is the original source of energy for a food web?

Back

Sun

Front

What is photosynthesis?

Back

The process by which green plants use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

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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 are producers in an ecosystem?

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Organisms that produce their own food, primarily through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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What are consumers in an ecosystem?

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Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat other organisms.