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Ecology Intro
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organism that eats meet | carnivore |
| the ultimate source of energy on Earth | sun |
| process where most producer make food (sugar) from sunlight | photosynthesis |
| eats meat only | carnivore |
| eats plants and meats | omnivore |
| organism that makes their own food ( "er ending) | producer |
| organism that must eat their food ("er ending) | consumer |
| another name for a producer | autotroph |
| another name for a consumer | heterotroph |
| complex feeding patterns | food web |
| one way feed pattern | food chain |
| where you find the top consumer on pyramid | top of pyramid |
| where you find the producers on pyramid | bottom of pyramid |
| says that only 10% of available energy goes to the next higher trophic level | Rule of 10 / 10% Rule |
| this happens to 90% of the available energy in a trophic level | used for life processes and lost as heat |
| 2 factors that increase population size | births and immigration |
| 2 factors that decrease population size | deaths and emigration |