Energy Roles in Ecosystems

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What does 'energy role' mean?

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How an organism gets its energy.

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What is another word for heterotroph?

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Consumer.

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What are organisms that break down decaying biotic wastes called?

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Decomposers.

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What do you call carnivores that eat freshly dead organisms?

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Scavengers.

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What energy role do cows have when they eat grass and corn?

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Herbivore.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.

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What is the role of a carnivore in an ecosystem?

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An organism that eats other animals.

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What is an omnivore?

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An organism that eats both plants and animals.

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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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.