Energy Flow in an Ecosystem

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What is a consumer that only eats meat or other animals?

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Carnivore

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How can energy flow from one organism to another be shown?

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Food chain

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Where does the energy start in a food chain?

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Sun

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What is the term for a sequence that shows how energy moves through an ecosystem?

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Food Chain

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What do you call consumers that only eat plants?

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Herbivore

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What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

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Producers create energy through photosynthesis.

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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 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 an energy pyramid?

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A graphical representation showing the flow of energy at different trophic levels in an ecosystem.

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What are abiotic factors?

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