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Ecology
Grade 9 Science
Question | Answer |
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Ecosystem | A system in which living things interact` with themselves and their non living environment in such a way that the entire system is perpetuated (keeps going) |
Scavengers | Consumers that eat other consumers that have already dies. (Killed by another organism) E.G. Turkey vultures. |
Carnivores | Consumers that only eat other consumers. |
Omnivore | Consumers that eat plants and animals. |
Tertiary Consumer | A consumer that eats secondary consumers. (May be a carnivore, omnivore or scavenger) |
Secondary Consumer | A consumer that eats a primary consumer. |
Herbivore | Plant eaters (only) |
Primary Consumers | Consumers that producers |
Consumer | Organisms that cant make their own energy. |
Producer | Organisms that can produce/make their own food. |
Decomposers | Organisms that can break down dead organic matter so that the nutrients can be renewed by plants |
Food Web | Diagrams that show the feeding relationships in the ecosystem |
Food Chain | The transfer of energy from the sun to producer to primary consumer to tertiary consumer. |