Ecosystem Vocab

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An organism that eats other organisms for food

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consumer

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An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

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decomposer

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Rely on someone or something else

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dependent

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Unit of living organisms and their environment

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Ecosystem

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Flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem

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Food Chain

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Representation of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem shows energy flow from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers via multiple pathways.

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Food Web

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Place where an organism lives

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habitat

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An organism that makes its own food

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producer

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An organism that gets energy by eating only other animals

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carnivore

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An organism that gets energy by eating only plants

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herbivore