Ecosystems SOL 4.3

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What is a niche?

Back

An organism's special role in the environment.

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What do several overlapping food chains form?

Back

A food web.

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What are animals that break down dead organisms called?

Back

Decomposers.

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What relies on careful observation of patterns, similarities, and differences?

Back

Classification.

Front

In a food chain, which direction does the arrow point?

Back

To the organism doing the eating.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

Back

An organism that makes its own food, usually through photosynthesis.

Front

What is a consumer?

Back

An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

Front

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

Back

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

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What is a habitat?

Back

The natural environment where an organism lives.

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What is biodiversity?

Back

The variety of different species in an ecosystem.