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1
Q

What are autotrophs

A

producers

2
Q

What is the importance of producers

A

create all usable energy on the planet

3
Q

What are heterotrophs

A

consumers

4
Q

Types of consumers

A

herbivores
carnivores
omnivores

5
Q

Importance of consumers

A

balance the number of producer and other consumers in an environment

6
Q

What are decomposers

A

organisms that break down dead and decaying organisms to obtain energy

7
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Importance of decomposers

A

break down matter and recycle nutrients back into the environment

8
Q

Food chain

A

diagram of the energy transfer among organisms in an ecosystem

9
Q

Each step in a food chain that demonstrates the transfer of energy is called

A

trophic level

10
Q

What happens when one organism is removed from a food chain

A

it interferes with the process of all the organisms in that chain

11
Q

Only …… of energy is passed from trophic level to the next

A

10%

12
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How is the remaining energy that passes through a trophic level used

A

used in life processes or lost as heat