Ecology

Front

What is an organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy called?

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Consumer

Front

What are plants that convert energy from the sun called?

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Producer

Front

What do you call a consumer that eats plants?

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Herbivore

Front

What type of relationship occurs when one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

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Commensalism

Front

What is the correct order for the food chain: Owl, Mouse, Grasshopper, Grass?

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Grass, Grasshopper, Mouse, Owl

Front

What is the term for organisms that produce their own food using sunlight?

Back

Autotrophs

Front

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

Back

Decomposers break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.

Front

What is a primary consumer?

Back

A primary consumer is an organism that eats producers, typically herbivores.

Front

What is mutualism?

Back

Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

Front

What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.