Ecology Review

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What is a herbivore?

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An organism that gets energy from eating only plants.

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that gets energy by eating other animals.

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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 in an ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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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 are abiotic factors?

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Non-living components of an ecosystem, such as sunlight, water, and minerals.

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What is a habitat?

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The natural environment where an organism lives.