Ecology Unit Op 1 (22-23)

The scientific study of organisms and their interactions with the environment.

• Entomology

• Ecology

• Chemistry

• Physics

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What would be a good example of a primary consumer?

• Carnivore

• Decomposer

• Detritivore

• Herbivore

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Non-living factor that affects an ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Food Chain

• Biome

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Green plants are

• Producers

• Consumers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

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Symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

• Competition

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

Organisms that breaks down and absorbs nutrients from dead organisms 

• Decomposer

• Trophic Level

• Consumer

• Species

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What is a niche?

• The habitat that an organism lives in

• An organism’s “role” in an ecosystem

• A type of consumer

• The relationship between a producer and consumer

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Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producer?

• Snake

• Mouse

• Frog

• Hawk

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What does every food chain start with? (Even if it's not drawn or written there!)

• Producers

• Sun

• Consumer

• Decomposers

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The living portions of the ecosystem

• Abiotic Factors

• Biotic Factors

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