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A diagram that represents multiple pathways through which energy and matter flow through an ecosytem
a) Food Web
b) Omnivore
c) Decomposer
d) Trophic level

A living part of an ecosystem
a) Biotic Factor
b) Decomposer
c) Abiotic factor
d) Trophic level

Consumes producers and other consumers, examples include humans, brown bears, and pigs.
a) Omnivore
b) Detritovore
c) Decomposer
d) Carnivore

Consumes producers, examples include deer, rabbits, mic
a) Herbivore
b) Consumer
c) Omnivore
d) Food web

Consumes any remaining organic material that is left over from other decomposers. Examples include fungi, single-cell protozoa.
a) Saprotroph
b) Omnivore
c) biotic factor
d) Decomposer

heterotroph) An organism that consumes other organisms for energy. Can be classified as herbivore, carnivore, or omnivore.
a) consumer (or heterotroph)
b) autotroph
c) biotic factor
d) decomposer

The role of a species in its ecosystem, which includes the way that the species interacts with the abiotic and biotic factors of the environment.
a) Niche
b) Herbivore
c) Omnivore
d) Biotic factor

Could include light intensity, temperature range, mineral availability, soil/rock type, and relative acidity (pH)
a) Abiotic factors
b) Biotic factors
c) Niche
d) consumer

Consumes wastes and other organic debris (dead leave, animal feces, and other organic debris) Examples include dung beetles, earthworms.
a) Detritovore
b) Producer
c) biotic factor
d) niche

Producers that use energy from chemical compounds to make food by chemosynthesis, include bacteria and archaea.
a) Chemoautotroph
b) Detritovore
c) photoautotroph
d) niche

An organism that creates its own food. Can be divided into photoautotrophs and chemoautotrophs.
a) Producer (or autotroph)
b) consumer
c) heterotroph
d) detritovore

Could include the other organisms in the environment. The presence of other organisms will affect an organism's growth and chances of survival
a) Biotic factors
b) Abiotic factors
c) Detritovore
d) Niche

Producers that capture energy from the sun to produce food through the process of photosynthesis; include plants, certain types of bacteria, and algae
a) Photoautotrophs
b) Decomposer
c) Carnivore
d) Trophic level

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