Ecosystem Restoration Vocab

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What must an organism do in order to move and grow?

Back

An organism must eat food, break down food, and make energy.

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What is the immediate effect of removing large fish from an ecosystem?

Back

There would be a sudden decrease in the population of ospreys.

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Choose the decomposer from the following options: grass, elephant, bacteria, bird.

Back

Bacteria is the decomposer.

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What can all food in an ecosystem be traced back to?

Back

All food can eventually be traced back to the sun.

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In a food web, what can snakes get their energy from?

Back

Snakes can get their energy from rabbits, mice, and foxes.

Front

What is a food web?

Back

A food web is a system of interconnected food chains showing how energy and nutrients flow through an ecosystem.

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What role do producers play in an ecosystem?

Back

Producers, like plants, create energy through photosynthesis and form the base of the food web.

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What is a consumer?

Back

A consumer is an organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a decomposer?

Back

A decomposer breaks down dead organisms and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is the significance of the sun in an ecosystem?

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The sun provides energy that is captured by plants and used by all other organisms.