Ecology EOC Review

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What are plants called in a food chain?

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Producers / Autotrophs

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What happens to the carrying capacity for squirrels if part of the forest is cut down?

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It will decrease.

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming FROM them in a food web?

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More than one organism may eat them.

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What happens to the amount of available energy in the pyramid as it moves up through the different levels?

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It decreases.

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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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Define autotrophs.

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Organisms that produce their own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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Define heterotrophs.

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

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organic material, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.