Ecology Vocabulary

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Organism that eats only animals

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Carnivore

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Organism's position in food chain

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Trophic Level

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Energy stored by trophic level from below

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10%

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Non-living factor of an ecosystem

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Abiotic

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Organism that makes its own food

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Producer

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Second Level Consumer

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Eats Primary Consumer

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Cannot make own food; synonym of consumer

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Heterotroph

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Animal that eats both plants and animals

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Omnivore

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Animal that eats only plants

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Herbivore

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Symbiotic relationship where both species benefit

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Mutualism