Unit 1 Ecology Test Review

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What is a Consumer?

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy.

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What would happen if the grasshopper were removed from the food web?

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The shrew would be most negatively affected.

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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, e.g., a pack of wolves.

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What is a Primary Consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; in a food web, the rabbit is an example.

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Is wind a biotic or abiotic factor?

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Abiotic factor.

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What is an Autotroph?

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An organism that produces its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a Producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, usually plants.

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead organic material, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.