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Ecology Flashcards

(16 cards)

1
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Food Web

A

Consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem

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Food Chain

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One possible path that energy and nutrients may take as they move through the ecosystem

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3
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Trophic Level

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The grouping for organisms in a food web based on their role

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4
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Producers

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Make their own food and do not depend on any other organism for nutrition

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5
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Autotrophs

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Make their own food and do not depend on any other organism for nutrition

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6
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Consumers

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Animals that eat producers

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7
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Carnivore

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Animals that eat other animals

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8
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Omnivore

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Animals that eat both plants and animals

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9
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Primary consumers

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Are herbivores, eat plants and other producers

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Herbivore

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Eat plants, algae, and other producers

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11
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Secondary consumers

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Eat the herbivores or primary consumers

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12
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Tertiary consumers

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Eat the secondary consumers

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13
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Apex Predator

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Top consumer or top predator

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Detritivores

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Organisms that eat plants, algae, and other producers remains (a scavenger)

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Scavenger

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Organisms that eat plants, algae, and other producers remains

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16
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Decomposers

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Break down dead organisms into nutrient rich soil for use by producers