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    1. Autotrophs or producers, such as plants that carry out photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, are at the base of food webs and produce most of the biomass in an ecosystem. 2. Food webs are complex networks of interconnected food chains that transfer energy from producers to primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. 3. Ecosystems consist of biotic factors like populations of interacting species, and abiotic factors such as sunlight, water, and nutrients that influence population growth and are subject to limiting factors.

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    1. Autotrophs or producers, such as plants that carry out photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, are at the base of food webs and produce most of the biomass in an ecosystem. 2. Food webs are complex networks of interconnected food chains that transfer energy from producers to primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. 3. Ecosystems consist of biotic factors like populations of interacting species, and abiotic factors such as sunlight, water, and nutrients that influence population growth and are subject to limiting factors.

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    1. Autotrophs or producers, such as plants that carry out photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, are at the base of food webs and produce most of the biomass in an ecosystem. 2. Food webs are complex networks of interconnected food chains that transfer energy from producers to primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. 3. Ecosystems consist of biotic factors like populations of interacting species, and abiotic factors such as sunlight, water, and nutrients that influence population growth and are subject to limiting factors.

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    1. Autotrophs or producers, such as plants that carry out photosynthesis or chemosynthesis, are at the base of food webs and produce most of the biomass in an ecosystem. 2. Food webs are complex networks of interconnected food chains that transfer energy from producers to primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. 3. Ecosystems consist of biotic factors like populations of interacting species, and abiotic factors such as sunlight, water, and nutrients that influence population growth and are subject to limiting factors.

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    APES Exam Review – Ecosystems / Food Webs

    population community ecosystem


    domesticated species biosphere abiotic factors
    biotic factors range of tolerance limiting
    factor
    autotrophs / producers chemosynthesis
    consumers/heterotrophs
    scavengers detrivores food webs
    biomass ecological efficiency primary

    ____________________ 1. Non-living factors in an ecosystem, including rocks,


    soil, water, sunlight, wind, current, etc.

    ____________________ 2. A factor that influences population growth; principle


    states that too much or too little of any abiotic factor can limit or prevent
    growth of a population even if all other factors are at or near optimum range
    of tolerance.

    ____________________ 3. Organisms at the base of the food web that produce


    their own food by photosynthesis or chemosynthesis; most biomass of a
    community

    ____________________ 4. Populations of all the different species occupying in a


    particular place

    ____________________ 5. A community of different species interacting with one


    another and with their non-living environment

    ____________________ 6. A species that has been plucked from its normal


    ecological environment to support the needs and wants of humans (ex. cows,
    grasses, food crops)

    ____________________ 7. Detritus feeders and decomposers that live off


    detritus – parts of dead organisms and cast-off fragments and wastes of
    living organisms

    ____________________ 8. Organisms in a community that obtain their energy


    by feeding on other organisms or their remains; includes herbivores,
    carnivores, and omnivores

    ____________________ 9. A group of interacting individuals of the same


    species that occupy a specific area at the same time
    ____________________ 10. All of the earth’s ecosystems; the portion of earth in
    which living organisms exist and interact with one another and their non-
    living environment

    ____________________ 11. A region containing a mixture of species from


    adjacent regions (ex. marshland found between water and open land)

    ____________________ 12. Variations in the physical and chemical environment


    that a particular organism can withstand (ex. temperature of water for fish
    species)

    ____________________ 13. The process of producing complex nutrient


    compounds from simple compounds in the environment without sunlight;
    usually found in specialized bacteria

    ____________________ 14. A level of feeding in a food web

    ____________________ 15. The dry weight of all organic matter contained in the
    organisms in an ecosystem; may be represented in an ecological pyramid

    ____________________ 16. A complex network of interconnected food chains

    ____________________ 17. The percentage of energy that is transferred from


    one trophic level to the next; usually about 10%

    ____________________ 18. The rate at which an ecosystem’s producers convert


    solar energy into chemical energy as biomass

    ____________________ 19. Consumers that feed on dead organisms that were


    killed by other organisms

    ____________________ 20. Living components of an ecosystem (plants, animals,


    microorganisms)

    Connections:
    Relate each of the following concepts to one of the above ideas.
    Concept Connecting How connected
    Term
    Energy flow

    pH/DO

    Thermodynamic
    s
    Field research

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