Chapter 3:2 – Flashcards
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A bird kills and eats an insect. Based on the bird behavior which ecological term describes the bird?
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Carnivore and Consumer
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A word that means the same thing as consumer is
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Heterotroph
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Animals that get energy by eating the carcasses of other animals that have been killed by predators or have died of natural causes are called
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Scavengers
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The algae at the beginning of the food chain in Figure 3-1 are
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Primary producers
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How do most primary producers make their own food?
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by using light energy to make carbohydrates
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In what way are herbivores and carnivores alike?
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They both obtain energy by consuming other organisms
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In which way are plants in a sunny mountain meadow and sulfur bacteria in a deep-sea volcanic vent alike?
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They both produce carbohydrates and oxygen.
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Plants are
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primary Producers
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What animals eat both producers and consumers?
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Omnivores
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Which of the following organisms does NOT require sunlight to live?
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chemosynthetic bacteria
