Energy and ecosystems Flashcards
1
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What is a primary consumer?
A
These are herbivores that consumer producers for food.
2
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What is a secondary consumer?
A
These organisms consume primary consumers for food.
3
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What is a tertiary consumer?
A
These organisms consume secondary consumers for food.
4
Q
What are saprobionts (decomposers) ?
A
These organisms decompose complex materials in dead organisms into simpler substances to obtain their food and release nutrients back into the ecosystem.
5
Q
What is a producer?
A
These organisms make their own food
6
Q
What is food chain?
A
A sequence of these organisms that are connected by feeding.
7
Q
What is a food web?
A
A complex network of interconnected food chains within an ecosystem.
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