Ecology & Interactions

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What are predators?

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Organisms that eat other organisms.

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What are prey?

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Organisms that are eaten by predators.

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What is a trophic level?

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A number referring to where an organism gets energy on the food chain.

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How much energy is typically transferred between trophic levels?

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About 10%.

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What is the main cause of the Woolly mammoth extinction?

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The climate changed drastically.

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Where did the Woolly Mammoths likely roam?

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In the North.

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What is an herbivore?

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An organism that primarily eats plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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An organism that primarily 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 a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.