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Unit 3 Vocab Words
Trophic Levels
| Producers | Organisms that get their energy from sunlight and nutrients. (Plants) |
| Consumers | Organism that can't get it's energy from sunlight. |
| Decomposers | Organisms that break down dead, decaying tissue. |
| Trophic Level | Position in a food chain. |
| Food Chain | A line of organisms that go from organisms that eats no other species to organisms that eat no other species. |
| Producers | Organisms that get their energy from sunlight and nutrients. (Plants) |
| Consumers | Organism that can't get it's energy from sunlight. |
| Omnivore | Animals that eat plants and meat. |
| Decomposers | Organisms that break down dead, decaying tissue. |
| Trophic Level | Position in a food chain. |
| Food Chain | A line of organisms that go from organisms that eats no other species to organisms that eat no other species. |
| Herbivore | Animals that eat only producers, or plants. |
| Carnivore | Animals that eat only meat. |
| Omnivore | Animals that eat plants and meat. |
| Primary Consumer | Animals that eat producers, or plants. |
| Secondary Consumer | Animals that eat primary consumers, or the herbivores. |
| Tertiary Consumer | Animals that eat secondary consumers, or animals that eat the animals that eat the plants. |
| Food Web | A web that shows the food chain of animals. |
| Detritus | Dead organisms and waste. |