Ecology Review

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms.

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What are Producers in an ecosystem?

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Organisms that convert raw energy into usable chemical energy.

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What is a Population in ecology?

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A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming FROM them in a food web?

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More than one organism may eat them.

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What is a Habitat?

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An area where an organism finds food, shelter, and water in a specific arrangement.

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What is a Food Web?

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

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What is an Autotroph?

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An organism that produces its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a Consumer?

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An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.

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What is a Biome?

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A large geographical biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions.

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What is Biodiversity?

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.