2nd Six Weeks Vocabulary 7th grade

The main energy source for life on earth.

• sun

• plants

• producers

• consumers

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Living factors in an ecosystem

• abiotic

• biotic

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non-living factors in an ecosystem

• abiotic

• biotic

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They use photosynthesis to make their own food and keep 100% of the energy they produce

• producers

• consumers

• heterotrophs

• herbivores

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Organisms that consume other organisms for food/energy

• autotrophs

• producers

• consumers

• plants

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Obtain energy by eating only plants

• decomposers

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

Eat only animals

• decomposers

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

Eat both plants and animals

• herbivore

• carnivore

• decomposer

• omnivore

Break down dead organic matter (nutrients are returned to plants to help them grow)

• decomposer

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

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A network of food chains within an ecosystem

• food chain

• food web

• energy chain

• energy web

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