ES Community Ecology

The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use light, CO₂, and H₂0 to produce carbohydrates & O₂.

• cellular respiration
• photosynthesis
• chemosynthesis

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Any organism that uses inorganic molecules to make organic molecules for energy.

• heterotroph
• producer
• consumer

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Which of these is NOT an autotroph?

• bear
• tree
• algae

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Any  organism that must eat other organisms in order to survive.

• producer
• autotroph
• consumer

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Which of these is considered a heterotroph?

• grasshopper
• tree
• grass

An organism that eats both plants and animals 

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

This process breaks down food to provide energy to an organism.

• photosynthesis
• chemosynthesis
• cellular respiration

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A diagram that shows many possible feeding relationships in an ecosystem.

• food chain
• food web
• food pyramid

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One of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid

• trophic level
• food level
• energy level

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The percent of energy that is passed from one trophic level to another (the rest is lost as heat).

• 10%
• 90%
• 100%

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