Ecosystem Dynamics

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What are producers in an ecosystem?

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Producers are organisms that can make their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, forming the base of the energy pyramid.

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What is carrying capacity?

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Carrying capacity is the maximum number of individuals of a population that an environment can sustainably support.

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What happens to the grasshopper population if the frog population is eliminated?

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The grasshopper population would immediately increase due to reduced predation.

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Which biome is responsible for producing over 50% of the world's oxygen?

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The rainforest is the biome that produces over 50% of the world's oxygen.

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What defines a wetland?

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A wetland is an ecosystem where water covers the soil or is near the surface of the soil.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is biodiversity?

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Biodiversity refers to the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem, including the number of different species.

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What is a limiting factor in an ecosystem?

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A limiting factor is a resource or condition that limits the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism or a population.

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What role do herbivores play in an ecosystem?

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Herbivores are primary consumers that eat plants and transfer energy from producers to higher trophic levels.

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What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?

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Biotic factors are living components of an ecosystem, while abiotic factors are non-living physical and chemical elements.