Ecology Review

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What is an organism that produces its own food from inorganic compounds called?

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Autotroph

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What abiotic factors do algae and plants use to produce their own food?

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Sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water

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What do we call the many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem?

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Food web

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What must an organism's habitat provide?

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Food, water, shelter (not predators)

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What is a collection of organisms from different populations living in the same area called?

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Community

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What is the term for organisms that cannot produce their own food and rely on others for nutrition?

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Heterotroph

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What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

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They convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.

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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 the difference between a population and a community?

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A population consists of individuals of the same species, while a community includes different species interacting in an area.

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What is an ecosystem?

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