HW #6: Ecology full review

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What is a food web?

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A food web represents all connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in an ecosystem.

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

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The owl receives the least amount of energy from the producer.

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What is mutualism?

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Mutualism is a symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction.

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What are heterotrophs?

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Heterotrophs are organisms that cannot produce their own food and must consume other organisms for energy.

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What are producers?

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Producers are organisms that can make their own food, typically through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What are consumers?

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Consumers are organisms that eat other organisms for energy, including herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.

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What are decomposers?

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Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is the order of ecological succession?

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Ecological succession is the process by which ecosystems change and develop over time, often following a disturbance.

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What is the role of fungi in an ecosystem?

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Fungi act as decomposers, breaking down organic matter and recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is the difference between commensalism and parasitism?

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In commensalism, one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed; in parasitism, one organism benefits at the expense of the other.