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Food Chains & Webs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A description of the feeding sequence of one set of organisms | Food Chain |
| A description of the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem | Food Web |
| An organism, such as plants or algae, that makes its own food | Producer |
| An animal that eats plants, algae, and other producers | Herbivore |
| An animal that eats another animal | Carnivore |
| An animal that eats both plants and animals | Omnivore |
| A meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals | Scavenger |
| The food-making process in green plants that uses sunlight | Photosynthesis |
| An organism that breaks down dead material into useful things like minerals and rich soil | Decomposer |
| A living thing that hunts other living things for food | Predator |
| A living thing that is hunted for food | Prey |
| Energy Pyramid (from the top to the bottom) | Decomposer - Tertiary Consumer - Secondary Consumer - Primary Consumer - Producers |