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Vocab Words. Unt3...
Unit 3 Vocabulary Words
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Producers | lowest trophic level/Level 1 synthesize the entirety of their biomass solely from primary energy (like sunlight) and primary nutrients extracted from the environment. Ex. plant & algae |
| Consumers | A heterotrophic organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain. |
| Decomposers | Carnivores feed on herbivores or detritivores are called secondary consumers. |
| Trophic Level | A position in a food chain or Ecological Pyramid occupied by a group of organisms with similar feeding mode. |
| Food Chain | A feeding hierarchy in which organisms in an ecosystem are grouped into trophic (nutritional) levels and are shown in a succession to represent the flow of food energy and the feeding relationships between them. |
| Herbivore | An animal that feeds on plants |
| Carnivore | |
| Omnivore | |
| Primary Consumer | Herbivores that feed on green plants and detritivores that feed on decaying matter are called primary consumers. |
| Secondary Consumer | |
| Tertiary Consumer | those that feed on other carnivores are called tertiary consumers. |
| Food Web | |
| Detritus | |
| heterotroph | organisms that cannot make their own food (consumers); depends on producers to supply energy for life and growth ex. humans |
| autotroph | an organism such as a plant that makes its own food (producers) ex. when plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars (Photosynthesis) |
| kinetic energy | the energy of motion |
| potential energy | energy that is stored due to an object's position or arrangement |
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Ayesha Quraishi
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