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Because there is less energy available at each feeding level, there is a limit to how many organisms can be a part of each progressive level.

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What would decreasing the number of producers have o a food chain?

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How many habitats in an ecosystem?

There is no certain number of habitats in an ecosystem because it depends on the number of organisms living in that ecosystem.


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What does the energy pyramid show?

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How does pyramid of number get its name?

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What is the number of different organisms in an ecosystem called?

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What is the number of organisms an ecosystem can support?

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Is a measure of the number variety and variability of living organisms in an ecosystem.?

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When the number and species of organisms in an ecosystem do not change suddenly it is in?

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Which Factors that determine the types and number of organisms in an ecosystem are called?

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What does it mean if an ecosystem is balanced?

- The organisms have to fit into the energy pyramid- The largest number of organism in any ecosystem needs to be the producers- The smallest number of organism need to be the highest level of consumers in that ecosystem