Ecology Vocabulary for MISA

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

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What is an energy pyramid?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains showing the feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

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What is a food web?

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Organisms, like plants, that produce their own food through photosynthesis. Also includes phytoplankton.

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Who are producers in an ecosystem?

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Organisms that obtain energy by eating other organisms.

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Who are consumers in an ecosystem?

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Organisms, like fungi and bacteria, that break down dead matter and recycle nutrients.

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Who are decomposers in an ecosystem?

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to create food from carbon dioxide and water.

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What is photosynthesis?

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living parts of an ecosystem (plants, animals, bacteria).

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What are biotic factors?

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nonliving parts of an ecosystem (water, sunlight, temperature, soil).

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What are abiotic factors?

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a close relationship between two species

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What is symbiosis (parasitism, commensalism, parasitism)?