Identify Consumer Levels in Ecosystems

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What is the largest part of an ecosystem?

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Primary Producers

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

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More than one organism may eat them.

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What would cause the most instability in an ecosystem if removed?

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Zooplankton

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What is the smallest part of the ecosystem?

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Tertiary Consumers

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What type of consumer is a third-level consumer?

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Carnivore.

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Define Primary Producers.

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Organisms that produce energy through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What role do Primary Consumers play in an ecosystem?

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They are herbivores that eat primary producers.

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What are Secondary Consumers?

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Carnivores that eat primary consumers.

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What is a Tertiary Consumer?

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A carnivore that eats secondary consumers.

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What is a Decomposer?

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Organisms that break down dead material and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.