Energy Flow Day 1 Vocab Practice

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What is the study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment called?

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Ecology

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What do we call animals that eat both plants and meat?

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Omnivores

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Which animal is a tertiary consumer?

Back

Leopard seal

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What do decomposers do?

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Break down dead organic material.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence of events in an ecosystem where each organism is eaten by another.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What role do herbivores play in a food chain?

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They are primary consumers that eat plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that primarily eats other animals.

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What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

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A food chain is a linear sequence of energy transfer, while a food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains.