Food Chain Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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Consumer
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an organism that obtains energy by feeding on organic matter
2
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Ecosystem
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a community of living things along with their natural environment
3
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Energy pyramid
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a representation of a food chain that demonstrates how food energy decreases as you move up the food chain
4
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Equilibrium
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a stable situation in which opposing forces are balanced
5
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Food chain
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a sequence of organisms in which each organism feeds on the one below
6
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Population
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all organisms of a certain kind within a defined region
7
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Predator
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an animal that kills and eats other animals
8
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Prey
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an animal that is killed and eaten by other animals
9
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Producer
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an organism that converts simple inorganic matter (such as water and carbon dioxide) into organic matter (such as sugar and protein)
