Ecosystem

a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem

• biome

• food web

• environment

• ecosystem

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an organism that gets energy and matter by eating other organisms

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• species

an organism that uses energy and matter from the environment to make its own food molecules

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• species

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a living thing

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• organism

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Define: Ecosystem

• Where organisms live

• A community of organisms and their environment, including living and non-living things

• The environment of an area

• A model showing how energy moves through a food chain

Define: Predator

• An animal that hunts other animals

• An animal that is being hunted

• A model showing how energy moves through food

• An organism that decomposes organic material

Define: Prey

• An organism that lives in or on another organism

• An animal that is hunted by another animal for food

• A organism that uses energy from the sun to create its own food

• An organism that decomposes organic material

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Define: Producer

• An organism that feeds on other organisms

• An organism that decomposes organic material

• An organism that uses energy from the sun to create its own food

• An organism that eats plants

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Decomposer

• An organism that decomposes organic material (example: mushroom)

• An organism that gets its food from sunlight

• An organism that gets its food from other organisms

• A organism that eats meat

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Define: energy pyramid

• The cycle of how organisms feed

• The pyramid of food groups

• A model showing how energy moves through a food chain

• A model of animals from strongest to weakest

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