Ecology Test Review

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Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producer?

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Owl

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What is a producer?

Back

An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food.

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How do producers obtain energy?

Back

They conduct photosynthesis.

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What is a system of food chains that shows the transfer of energy?

Back

Food web.

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What are the nonliving aspects of an ecosystem?

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Abiotic factors.

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What is photosynthesis?

Back

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

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What are biotic factors?

Back

Living components of an ecosystem, such as plants, animals, and microorganisms.

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What is a food chain?

Back

A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a primary consumer?

Back

An organism that eats producers; typically herbivores.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers; can be carnivores or omnivores.