Ecology Flashcard Review

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What is predation?

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An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.

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What is a carnivore?

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A consumer that eats only animals.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

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What is a trophic level?

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Each step in a food chain or food web.

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What is detritus?

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Dead organic matter.

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What is an omnivore?

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that produces its own food from inorganic substances.

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What is a food chain?

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

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What is a food web?

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