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What is ecology?
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The study of how organisms interact with one another and their environment.
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Define Trophic Level.
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Labelling living things in an ecosystem according to how they gain their energy
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What is an example of a producer?
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A tree
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What is a consumer?
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Organisms that must eat other producers or consumers in order to survive
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What do decomposers do?
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Feed on detritus in the process of releasing nutrients into the soil and the water
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Define autoraph
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Organisms that use energy and raw materials to make their own food
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What can't a heteroraph do?
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Theey cant create their own food
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Give 3 examples of a biotic factor
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squirrel, algae, grass
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Give 3 examples of an abiotic factor.
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wind, water, sunlight
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What is biodiversity?
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Variety of living organisms in an area
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