Food Web Vocabulary

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Consumer

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An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals.

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Decomposer

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An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants or animals without need for internal digestion.

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Ecosystem

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All living and nonliving things and all their interactions in an area.

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Energy Transfer

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The movement of energy from one object or material to another or from one form to another.

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Environment

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The space, conditions, and all the living and nonliving things around an organism.

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Food

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What plants and animals use for energy; plants create their own using energy from the Sun, while animals must eat.

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Food Chain

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The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

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Food Web

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An interconnected set of food chains.

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Fungus

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A type of organism that can break down just about any type of organic matter and can be large, such as a mushroom, or small, such as tiny pieces of mold.

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Niche

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The role an organism plays in its ecosystem.