food chain, food web & energy pyramid vocab practice

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What is any organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms?

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Consumer

Front

What do we call an organism that can make its own food?

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Producer

Front

What is the term for the level or position an organism holds in a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid?

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Trophic level

Front

What do we call an organism at a trophic level of an ecosystem that eats a primary consumer?

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Secondary consumer

Front

What is a model that shows feeding relationships within an ecosystem, consisting of interconnected food chains?

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Food webs

Front

What is the term for organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms?

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Decomposers

Front

What do we call the first level of the food chain, which consists of organisms that produce their own food?

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Producers

Front

What is the role of herbivores in a food chain?

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Primary consumers that eat producers.

Front

What is the top level of the energy pyramid called, consisting of organisms that eat secondary consumers?

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Tertiary consumers

Front

What is the flow of energy in a food chain represented by?

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Arrows showing the direction of energy transfer.