VA Science SOL 4.3 Ecosystems and Classification

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What is the main source of energy for interactions within an ecosystem?

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The Sun.

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What do we call the place where an animal or plant naturally lives?

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Habitat.

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What is formed by the populations of species that live in the same place at the same time?

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Community.

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What does a food web show?

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Many food chains interconnected.

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What does a food chain show?

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Energy passed as one organism eats another.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their environment.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of different species in an ecosystem.