Unit 9 Vocabulary(Interdependence)

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Food Web

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A web made of food chains where there are multiple paths energy can take.

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Autotroph

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An organism that makes its own food, also known as a producer.

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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Producer

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An organism that can make its own food, typically plants.

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Commensalism

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A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.

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Food Chain

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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Trophic Level

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The position an organism occupies in a food chain, which is determined by its feeding relationships.

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Heterotroph

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An organism that cannot make its own food and must consume other organisms for energy.

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Carnivore

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An animal that primarily eats other animals.

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Herbivore

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An animal that primarily eats plants.