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