Food Chain and Food Web Vocabulary

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An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains.

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Consumer

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Bacteria and fungi that break down dead plant and animals.

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decomposer

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An organism that can make its own food through the process of photosynthesis.

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producer

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A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

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food chain

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A community of organisms where there are several overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem.

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Food Web

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A process plants use to turn sunlight into food.

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Photosynthesis

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An animal that eats only plants.

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herbivore

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An animal that eats other animals.

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carnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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omnivore

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The source of energy for almost all living systems on Earth.

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Sun