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25 Cards in this Set
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What do animals depend on for their energy supply?
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Green plants
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What substance in green plants captures light energy from the sun?
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chlorophyll
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What are green plants called?
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producers
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Through what does a plant breathe?
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pores
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What breaks down dead plant and animal matter?
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decomposers
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What are tiny green plants on the surface of the ocean called?
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plankton
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What does a first-order consumer eat?
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green plants
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What does a second-order consumer eat?
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other animals
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What is a community?
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all of the groups of populations in an ecosystem
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What is a niche?
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the role a living thing plays in its environment
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What does an Egyptian plover do for a crocodile?
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It cleans leeches off its teeth.
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From what does all energy come?
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The sun
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What is a scavenger?
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A scavenger eats dead plant and animal matter.
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What is ecology?
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The study of the relationships between living and the nonliving environment
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What is photosynthisis?
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the process by which green plants change light energy into food energy
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What is a herbivore?
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an animal that eats only plants for food
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What is glucose?
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a sugar produced by green plants during photosynthesis, which is used for food
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What is a food web?
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a group of related food chains
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What is an omnivore?
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an animal that eats both plants and animals
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What is a carnivore?
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an animal that eats only meat
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What is a population?
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a group of one kind of living thing
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What is respiration?
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Breaking down of food to release energy
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What is an ecosystem?
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the environment in which living and nonliving things are interdependent
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What does interdependent mean?
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living things depend on each other
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What is a producer?
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green plants
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