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Unit 2 Ecology
Term | Definition |
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Herbivore | organisms that only consumes plants |
Carnivore | organisms that only eat other animals or meat |
omnivore | organisms that consumes plants and animals |
decomposers | organisms that breaks down dead organisms and gets eneergy |
producers | organisms that use the sun to make their on food |
photosynthesis | the process that organisms use to make their own food using the sun |
food chain | a diagram that shows the food patterns of a predator and prey in a given area |
food web | a diagram that shows the predator-prey relationship between organisms |
Enery pyramid | a pyramid diagram that shows the loss of food/energy in the ecosystem |
consumers | organism that consume other organisms in a given area |
scavangers | organisms that eat dead, which are also known as omnivores |
detritivore | decomposers that return nutrients back into the soil for use by producers |
tertiary | the third level on a energy pyramid |