How do ecosystems operate?

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What term is used to describe a community of plants and animals sharing an environment with non-living things?

Identify the term used to describe all living organisms within an ecosystem such as plants and animals.

What term is used to describe a non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment such as temperature, light and water?

What is an organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis known as?

Herbivores only eat plants. What term is used to describe organisms that consume producers?

Carnivores eat primary consumers. What term is used to describe organisms that primary consumers?

What is an organism that breaks down dead organic material known as?

What term is used to describe a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food?

What is a complex hierarchy of plants and animals relying on each other for food?