Ecology Homework

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What is a producer?

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An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material, or waste.

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What do you call an animal that eats both plants and animals?

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Omnivore.

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What is a food web?

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A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms.

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What is an herbivore?

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An organism that primarily eats plants.

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What is a predator?

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An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

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What is prey?

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An animal that is hunted and eaten by predators.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

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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 organisms, while a food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains.