Food chain Flashcards
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Food Chain
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A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
2
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Producer
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Organisms that create their own food through photosynthesis
3
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Photosynthesis
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The process by which plants make food. it is a process that uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide in to sugars that the cell can use as energy
4
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Primary Consumer
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An organism that eats producers
5
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Herbivore
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A organism that eats plants
6
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Secondary Consumer
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An organism that eats primary consumers
7
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Omnivore
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A organism that eats both meat and plants
8
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Carnivore
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A organism that eats meat
9
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Decomposer
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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms
10
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Food Web
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A system of interlocking and inter dependent food chains
