Ecosystems

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What do the arrows in a food web diagram represent?

Back

The arrows show the flow of energy.

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Which group includes the largest number of animals in a community?

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Consumers.

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What is an organism that makes its own food called?

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Producer.

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What do we call all the members of one kind of plant or animal in a community?

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Population.

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What would build up on the ground without decomposers?

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Dead plant and animal matter.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their environment.

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

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They break down dead matter and return nutrients to the soil.

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What is a herbivore?

Back

An animal that eats plants.

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What is a predator?

Back

An animal that hunts and eats 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.