Populations & Ecosystems

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What does a Primary Consumer eat?

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Producers

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What is an autotroph?

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Makes its own food

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What is happening when animals are breaking down organic molecules?

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They are releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

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What are the living parts of an ecosystem called?

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Biotic factors

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What is an organism that breaks down dead organic matter?

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Decomposer

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What is a Secondary Consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers.

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What is a Tertiary Consumer?

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An organism that eats secondary consumers.

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What are abiotic factors?

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Non-living components of an ecosystem, such as water, sunlight, and minerals.

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What role do producers play in an ecosystem?

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They convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass.