Ecology

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What is the term for a living organism in an ecosystem?

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Organism

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What do we call the nonliving components of an ecosystem?

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Abiotic

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What is a food chain?

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A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

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What is the term for a group of different populations living together in a specific area?

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Ecosystem

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What type of organism can make its own food?

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A producer (an autotroph).

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What is the role of a consumer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is photosynthesis?

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

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What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

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The Sun.

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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.