Ecosystems and Their Dynamics TEKS 9

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What is the role that an organism has in an ecosystem?

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Niche

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Where does all the energy in a food chain start?

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The sun

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What can cause changes in ecosystems?

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Both the overpopulation of grazers and the building of highways

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What is a tangle of food chains in a habitat called?

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A food web

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How do organisms survive in their ecosystem?

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By interacting with both the living and nonliving components

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What is a habitat?

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The natural environment where an organism lives.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

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What are decomposers?

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

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What is a population?

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A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.

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What is a community in an ecosystem?

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All the different populations of organisms that live together in a specific area.