energy flow vocab Flashcards
1
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producer / autotroph
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Organism that makes its own food
2
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consumer / heteroph
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Organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organism
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 only animals
5
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omnivore
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An organism that eats both plants 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 break down waste and return them to their environment
8
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food Chain
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A series of events in which organisms eat each another
9
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food web
A
Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
10
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Energy pyramid
A
Directions to 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 with sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce food
