Food Chain Vocab Flashcard (5/3)

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Bacteria: tiny, one-celled organisms involved in disease and decay, found everywhere, including the human body.

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tiny, one-celled organisms that are neither plants nor animals. They are involved in infectious disease and decay. They live nearly everywhere on planet Earth, including in the human body.

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Consumer: an animal that does not produce its own food, getting nutrients by eating plants and/or other animals.

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an animal that does not produce its own food, getting nutrients by eating plants and/or other animals.

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Decomposer

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An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal cells into simpler substances for energy.

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Energy:

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the ability to do work, have power or produce change.

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Food Chain: A series of living things where each uses the one below as a food source.

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A series of living things where each uses the one below as a food source.

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Food Web:

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all the interlocking food chains in a community.

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Population:

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All living things of one kind in a particular place.

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Producer:

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An organism that makes its own energy.

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Predator:

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an animal that eats other animals; the opposite of prey.

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Prey:

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an animal that is killed by another and eaten.