Food Chain and Web Vocabs

Living things that break down dead and decaying organisms. The most common decomposers are bacteria and fungi.

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Tiny living things that are everywhere around us. We can only see them with a very powerful microscope. They come in different shapes such as rods, spirals, and spheres. Bacteria are important in an ecosystem to break down dead and decaying matter.

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It is a living thing that helps break down dead and decaying matter. More than one fungus are called fungi. Some familiar fungi are mushrooms, mold and yeast.

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A living thing that is no longer found alive anywhere on Earth today.

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It is usually made by gathering plant material such as leaves and vegetable peels into a pile and letting it decompose over many months thanks to bacteria and fungi. The resulting substance can be used as a fertilizer for plants.

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A sequence of living things in which each one feeds on the living thing below it.

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A living thing (almost always a plant) that takes energy from the sun and make its own food. They are found in the first level of a food web.

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It is a model made of intersecting food chains.

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A process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from carbon dioxide and water.

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An animal found at the top of a food web and is not eaten by any other animals. Examples include sharks, owls and lions.

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