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Question 1

Autotrophs (producers)

Answer 1

Receive carbon from CO2 (plants).

Question 2

Heterotrophs (consumers & bottom feeders)

Answer 2

Rely on producers or other consumers for carbon (animals).

Question 3

Decomposers

Answer 3

Bacteria and fungi that digest organic debris and wastes outside their bodies.

Question 4

Food web

Answer 4

Interconnected food
chains.

Question 5

Food chain

Answer 5

Energy flows from producers to consumers and eventually detritivores.

Question 6

Ecological succession

Answer 6

When a community is disturbed where most, if not all, species are eliminated.