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Parts of an
Ecosystem
Relationships
Nutrition
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Parts of an
Ecosystem for $100
Any organism that
performs photosynthesis.
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Green Plants
(or autotrophs or
producers)
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Parts of an
Ecosystem for $200
Any organism that
must obtain food and
eat to obtain nutrients.
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Consumer
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Parts of an
Ecosystem $300
Any organism that causes
dead organisms to decay,
recycling nutrients back into
the soil.
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Decomposers
(or saprophytes)
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Parts of an
Ecosystem for $400
Term meaning “Organic material”
that is present in an ecosystem. This
type of factor is either an organism
(dead or alive), or some product of an
organism (like feces or tree sap).
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Biotic Factor
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Parts of an
Ecosystem for $500
Three examples of Abiotic
Factors that could be found in
an ecosystem.
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Water, Soil, Sunlight,
Temperature, Climate,
Air/Atmosphere
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Relationships
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Animal that hunts for its
food.
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Predator
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Relationships
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Animal that is hunted
and eaten by another
animal.
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Prey
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Photosynthesis
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Type of gas that is released
during photosynthesis
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Oxygen
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Photosynthesis
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Type of symbiosis where both
organisms benefit from their
close interaction.
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Mutualism
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Habitats
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What are three things an
organism needs to get from its
habitat?
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Food, water,
shelter
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Nutrition for $100
What do “Producers”
produce?
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Glucose (food)
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Nutrition for $200
Primary consumers
in a food chain
must always eat
what kind of food?
Answer
Green Plants
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Nutrition for $300
Term used to describe
animals that eat both
plants and other animals
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Omnivore
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Nutrition for $400
The term used to describe
animals that eat producers.
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Herbivores
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Nutrition for $500
Term used to describe a
complicated pattern of
overlapping food chains.
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Food web
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Changes in an Ecosystem for
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An organism’s role in the
ecosystem
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Niche
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Misc
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If s substance (like soil), has many
holes in it, we could say that it is
__________.
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Porous
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Misc.
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If a substance, like soil, is able to
allow liquids and gases to pass
through it easily, we would say
that it is _____________.
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Permeable
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Misc.
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Identify one reason why
water and sunlight are
important to all organisms.
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1. Producers, like plants and algae, need
the sun’s energy to photosynthesize.
2. Consumers rely on producers (and
other consumers) to eat (obtain energy).
3. All organisms need water to carry on
life processes.
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Changes in an Ecosystem
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The physical and behavioral
characteristics that allow animals to
survive in their environments is
called ______________.
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Adaptations
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Energy
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• All of the energy that is present in an ecosystem
comes from this source
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Sun
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Energy
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• Type of organism that can transform
light energy into chemical energy
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Green Plants
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• Percentage of calories lost at each step up on the
food chain.
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90% (10% is passed on)
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Energy
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How energy is lost as it is transferred to
the next level of the food chain.
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Metabolism of the organism
that is eaten
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These two types of organisms must be present in order
for an ecosystem to be self-sustaining.
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Producers and
Decomposers
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Amino Acids
Name for a chain of
Amino Acids
Polypeptide
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