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1
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Habitat

A

A place where organisms live

2
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Population

A

All the organisms of one species in a habitat

3
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Community

A

All different species in a habitat

4
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Ecosystem

A

All organisms living in a particular area and all non-living conditions

5
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Order of food chain (from bottom to top)

A

Producers -> primary consumers -> secondary consumers -> tertiary consumers

6
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Decomposes

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Breaks down dead materials and waste

7
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Why does only 1%-5% of the sunlight reaching the plant transferred into useful chemical energy

A
  1. Most doesn’t hit the plants
  2. Some is reflected off leaf’s surface eg: waxy cuticle
  3. Some passes straight through the leaf without it hitting any chloroplast
  4. Only part of the light is useful and is absorbed by chlorophyll