Energy in Ecosystems

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Producer

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an organism that makes its own food

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Consumer

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an organism that eats other living things for energy

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Decomposers

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organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms

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Food chain

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a single path showing how energy moves from organism to organism

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Food web

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a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things

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Herbivore

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Animal that only eats plants

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Carnivore

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Animal that only eats meat

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Omnivore

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Animal that eats both plants and meat

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Abiotic

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non-living organism

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Biotic

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Living or once living organism