Ecology Flashcards

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What is a producer?

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Producers are organisms that produce their own food and therefore do not eat anything that they have not created.

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What is a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer consumes a producer.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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A secondary consumer is an organism that consumes a primary consumer.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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A tertiary consumer consumes secondary consumers.

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Is it possible for an organism to be multiple different consumers? eg - a rat to be a primary and secondary consumer

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Yes

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All organisms in an eco-system _________ ________ each other.

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All organisms in an eco-system depend on each other.

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What would happen in a food chain that went grain to mice to owls if the amount of mice went up?

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The amount of grain would decrease because there would be more mice to eat the grain. The amount of owls would also increase because there would be more food for them to eat.

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