Ecosystem Ecology - APES

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What is the effect of deforestation on the carbon cycle?

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Increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

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Why are there usually no more than five trophic levels in a food chain?

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Energy is lost at each trophic level.

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What is the correct sequence for energy flow within an ecosystem?

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Producers → herbivores → carnivores → scavengers.

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What kind of animal are rabbits, which eat grass and other plants but do not eat animals?

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Primary Consumer.

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Which interaction benefits both organisms in a relationship?

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Mutualism.

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Define an ecosystem.

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

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that can make its own food through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; typically herbivores.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers; typically carnivores.

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Define decomposer.

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