2nd Vocab Flashcards
1
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Producer
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The source of all food in an ecosystem. Producers are able to use sunlight to turn simple raw materials into food.
2
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Consumer
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An organism that feeds directly or indirectly on producers.
3
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Decomposer
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Break down dead organisms into simpler substances.
4
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Food chain
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A series of events in which food and energy are transferred from one organisms to another in an ecosystem.
5
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Food web
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A group of food chains interconnected.
6
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Competition
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The struggle among living things to get the proper amount of food, water, and energy.
7
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Predator
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Organism that kills and eats other organisms.
