Ecological Interactions & Feeding Relationships

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What is a Herbivore?

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An organism that obtains energy by eating only plants.

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Is the SUN biotic or abiotic?

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Abiotic.

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What is another word for a plant that makes its own food using energy from sunlight?

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Producer.

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What do fungi, mushrooms & bacteria do to dead plants and animals?

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Decompose them.

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What is a Scavenger?

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A consumer that eats dead animals that have already been killed by other animals; does not recycle nutrients.

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What is a Carnivore?

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An organism that obtains energy by eating only animals.

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What is a Heterotroph?

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An organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms.

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What is Photosynthesis?

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

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What is a Producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, recycling nutrients back into the ecosystem.