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Unit 3 Vocab Words
Vocabulary for energy system.
| Producers | Organisms who can synthesize the entirety of their biomass solely from primary energy and primary nutrients extracted from the environment. (Level 1) |
| Primary Consumers | Organisms that consume primary producers. (Level 2) |
| Secondary Consumers | Organisms that consume primary consumers. (Level 3) |
| Tertiary Consumers | Animals that feed on other animals. (Level 4) |
| Decomposers | Special group of organisms that are capable of breaking down dead or dying tissue of other species. |
| Consumers | An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter due to lack of the ability to manufacture own food from inorganic sources. |
| Herbivores | Organisms that feed on plants. |