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Organism Roles
5th Grade Organism Ecosystem Roles
Term | Definition |
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Producer | Organisms that make their own food. (example - plants, phytoplankton) |
Consumer | Organisms that eat other living things. |
Herbivore | A type of consumer that only eats plants/leaves. |
Carnivore | A type of consumer that only eats meat. |
Omnivore | A type of consumer that eats both plants and animals. |
Predator | An animal that hunts and eats other animals. |
Prey | Animals that are a food source for other animals. |
Decomposers | Organisms that break down or clean up waste and other dead things from an ecosystem. |