Energy Flow in Ecosystems Vocab Flashcards
1
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an organism that can make its own food
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producer/autotroph
2
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organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms
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consumer/heterotroph
3
Q
an organism that eats only plants
A
herbivore
4
Q
an organism that eats on animals
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carnivore
5
Q
an organism that eats both plants and animals
A
omnivore
6
Q
a carnivore that feeds on dead organisms
A
scavenger
7
Q
organisms that break down wastes and return them to the environment
A
decomposer
8
Q
a series of events (chains) in which one organism eats another
A
food chain
9
Q
many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
A
food web
10
Q
a diagram that shows the movement of energy in a food web
A
energy pyramid
11
Q
the process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce food
A
photosynthesis
