Ecosystem and Food Chain Concepts

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Ecosystem

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Includes all abiotic and biotic parts of the environment

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Organism

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One individual in a species

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Food chain

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Shows the pathway of energy, it always begins with the sun

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Food web

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Made up of overlapping food chains

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Energy Pyramid

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Shows the loss of energy at each level

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Producers

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Make their own food using sunlight to perform photosynthesis. Examples: plants, plant-like protist, and some bacteria

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Consumers

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An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter

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Herbivore

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Consumer that eats plants only

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Carnivore

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Consumer that eats meat only

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Omnivore

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Consumer that eats plants and animals