Food Chains

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Carnivore

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An animal that obtains nutrients from eating other animals

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Consumer

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An organism in a food chain that obtains nutrients from producers or other consumers; consumers may be herbivores or carnivores

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Decomposer

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An organism that consumes dead or nonliving biomass without the need for internal digestion

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Ecosystem

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area and the interactions among them

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Energy

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What is needed to do work or cause change

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Food chain

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A diagram representing the transfer of energy from the Sun through producers and a series of consumers

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Food web

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An interconnected set of food chains

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Herbivore

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An animal that obtains nutrients only by eating plants

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Nutrients

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A substance that an organism needs to survive and grow

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Omnivore

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An organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and other animals