Ecosystems Week 3 Vocab SPEED ROUND

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Producer

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An organism that captures the sun's energy via photosynthesis.

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Consumer

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An organism that must eat other organisms for food.

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Decomposer

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Breaks down dead organisms into smaller pieces for food.

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Autotroph

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An organism that uses the sun's energy to make its own food; does not consume food.

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heterotroph

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an organism that consumes other organisms for energy

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herbivore

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an animal that only eats plants

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carnivore

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an animal that only eats other animals

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omnivore

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an animal that eats plants and animals

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scavenger

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an animal that eats animals killed by another predator

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Food chain

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A diagram showing energy flow from the sun to organisms.