Food chains and food webs Flashcards

1
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_______ _________ model the flow of en- in an ecosystem

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Food chains/webs

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2
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model that shows a sequence of feeding relationships

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food chain

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3
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links soecies by their feeding relations

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food chain

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4
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follows the connections b/w 1 producer and a single chain of consumers within ecosystem

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food chain

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5
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r not all alike

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consumers

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6
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only eat plants

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herbivores

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7
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only animals

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carnivores

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8
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both animals and plants

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omnivores

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9
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dead organic matter

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detritivores (worms)

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10
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detritivores that break organic matter into simpler compounds

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decomposers

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11
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consumers that primarily eat 1 specific organism (or small variation)

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specialists

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12
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consumers with varying diet

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generalists

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13
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the nourishment levels in a food chain

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trophic levels

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14
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herbivores that eat producers

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primary consumeres

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15
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carnivores that eat herbivores

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2ndary consumers

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16
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conivores that eat 2ndary consumeres

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tertiary consumers

17
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eat both, may be listed at diff trophic levels in diff food chain

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omnivores (us)

18
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show complex network of feeding relations

19
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may have mult feeding relations in ecosystem

20
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emphasizes complicated feeding relations and en- flow in ecosystem