5.4 - Ecosystem Dynamics
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Practice Questions
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Define a food chain.
💡 Hint: Think about how energy flows from one organism to another.
What is a producer?
💡 Hint: Consider who makes food in an ecosystem.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the sequence of consumption in a food chain starting from the producer?
💡 Hint: Remember the order in which energy is transferred.
True or False: Decomposers are classified as primary consumers.
💡 Hint: Think about what role decomposers play in the ecosystem.
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Challenge Problems
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Explain how the loss of decomposers in an ecosystem would affect the nutrient cycle and the organism population.
💡 Hint: Think about the roles of decomposers in recycling nutrients!
Develop an argument on how changes in human activities can improve or disrupt trophic levels in a given ecosystem.
💡 Hint: Consider both negative and positive impacts of human actions.
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