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5.9B Food Chain/Web
Organisms & Environments
Term | Definition |
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carnivore | Meat-eater. An organism that consumes only other animals. |
consumer | An organism that must eat other organisms to obtain energy. |
decomposer | An organism responsible for breaking down dead plants and animals and returning the nutrients to the soil. |
food chain | A model used to show a single path energy takes as it moves through ecosystem. |
food web | A model used to show multiple paths energy takes as it moves through an ecosystem. |
herbivore | Plant-eater. An organism that consumes only plants for energy. |
omnivore | Plant - and meat-eater. An organism that consumes both plants and animals for energy. |
organism | A living thing. |
producer | An organism that must create its own energy through photosynthesis. |
Sun | The source of energy for all living things. |