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What states that energy can not be created or destroyed?
What is the law of Conservation of Energy?
What is the primary source of energy for Earth?
What is the sun
What is the movement of energy in the form of waves called?
What is radiation
Any living thing is called what?
What is an organism
What would happen to producers if a primary consumer is removed like a deer?
They would increase because there would be less primary consumers to eat it.
What would happen to secondary consumers like a wolf if a primary consumer like a deer was removed?
They would decrease because the secondary consumer would not have enough energy or the they would have to adapt to learn to eat grass for energy.
What would happen to producers if there was no photosynthesis?
They would die, or they would have to find another way to get energy.
A collection of all biotic and abiotic items is called what?
An ecosystem
All living things in an ecosystem is called what?
biotic
All nonliving things in an ecosystem are called?
What is abiotic
All plants use light, air, nutrients, and water to make glucose which they use for energy. We call all plants what?
All animals must eat to get energy. We call all animals what?
What is consumers
Consumers who eat only plants are called?
What is herbivores
Consumers who eat meat and plants are called?
What is omnivores
A plant, animal, or fungus that is introduced into an ecosystem that is not a native species is called what?
What is an invasive species
The difference is that one shows one flow of energy while the other diagrams several flows of energy. This is the difference between what?
What is the difference between food chains and food webs
Arrows in a food chain or web show what?
The flow of energy
NOT WHAT EATS WHAT
Consumers who eat only meat are called what?
What are Carnivores
Animals that feed on other animals are called what to their prey?
Predators
Without these organisms, food webs would be disrupted. Dead matter would accumulate, pollution the ecosystem. Dead matter would not break down. What organisms is missing?
What is adecomposers
Humans are this type of consumer in an energy pyramid.
What is a top or tertiary consumer
A model to show the amount of useful energy at each level, and the position occupied by an organism in a food chain.
What is an energy pyramid
A unique ecosystem in Louisiana where fresh and salt water meet are called what?
What is an estuary
Louisiana has unique ecosystems that contain estuaries, swamps, and marshes. Together, we categorize these as what?
What are wetlands
Duckweed and sea grass are unique organisms found in Louisiana. These plants are examples of what kind of organisms.
What are producers