Unit 4 Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt

A system comprising all the biotic and abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them.

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An organism that makes its own food. (Autotroph)

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An organism that consumes other organisms

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A singular pathway showing the flow of energy from one organism to another (begins with a producer).

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Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem.

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The position an organism occupies in the food web or energy pyramid.

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A graphical representation of the trophic levels in an ecosystem that shows the flow of energy as it gradually reduces from bottom to top.

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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

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Organisms occupying an ecosystem.

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A population that comes after or follows another population.

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