Ecology Vocabulary

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A living thing that makes its own food

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producer

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A living thing that must eat other living things.

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consumer

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An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals

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decomposer

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The path of food energy from one living thing to another

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food chain

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A connection of food chains that shows many food energy paths

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food web

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What is needed to do work?

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energy

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A consumer that eats only plants

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herbivore

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A consumer that eats only other animals (meat). Options: herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer.

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carnivore

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A consumer that eats both plants and other animals.

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omnivore

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An animal that hunts and eats other animals

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predator