Food Web Review

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What are decomposers?

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

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What is an abiotic factor?

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A non-living component of an ecosystem, such as oxygen, water, or sunlight.

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What is an example of an omnivore?

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An organism that eats both plants and animals; for example, a mouse.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with the non-living components of their environment.

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What percentage of energy is transferred from one level of an energy pyramid to the next?

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10%.

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What are producers?

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Organisms that create their own food through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What are consumers?

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Organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat other organisms for energy.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a trophic level?

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Each step in a food chain or food web, representing a different level of energy transfer.