Food Chains and Food Webs

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An organism that produces its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called a(an)

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autotroph

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What is the original source of almost all energy in most ecosystems?

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sunlight

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What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

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trophic level

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What does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

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An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

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Food web

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The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

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Abiotic factors

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The living portions of the ecosystem.

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Biotic factors

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The general name for organisms like animals and fungi that get their energy from eating other organisms.

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Consumers

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The rabbit in this food web would be considered a: Decomposer, Producer, Secondary Consumer, Primary Consumer

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Primary Consumer

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What makes Fungi so unique when it comes to trophic levels? Options: They are producers so they can be high or low, They are consumers of only plants, They are consumers of all types of organisms because they decompose, They are consumers of only the primary trophic level

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They are consumers of all types of organisms because they decompose