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Food Chains
Vocabulary # 16
Term | Definition |
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food chain | the path of energy from the sun to a producer to an animal to another animal |
producers | organisms that make their own food |
consumers | animals that eat other organisms |
herbivores | animals that eat only plants |
carnivores | animals that eat only other animals |
decomposers | organisms that feed on dead plants and animals, as well as animal wastes |
predators | animals that hunt other animals for food |
prey | animals that are hunted by predators |
omnivores | animals that eat both plants and animals |
food web | a group of overlapping food chains |