Ecosystems: Food Chains and Food WEbs

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An organism that eats other organisms to get energy

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Consumer

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An organism that breaks down dead organisms and return nutrients to soil.

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Decomposer

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An organism that can make its own food using the sun’s energy.

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Producer

Front

An organism that feeds on dead organisms.

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Scavenger

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An organism that eats only animals (meat).

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Carnivore

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An organism that eats only plants.

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Herbivore

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An organism that eats both plants and animals (meat).

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Omnivore

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How much energy is passed on in an energy pyramid?

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10%

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What do the arrows represent in a food chain or food web?

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The flow of energy between organisms

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If an arrow points from a rabbit to a fox it means

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The energy is going from the rabbit to the fox when it eats it.