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vocab for 36.1
| Word | Answer |
|---|---|
| The first trophic level in a food chain in which it serves as a food source for consumers or for the higher trophic levels. | PRODUCERS |
| An organism that usually obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter because of the lack of the ability to manufacture their own food. | CONSUMERS |
| An organism whose ecological function involves the recycling of nutrients by performing the natural process of decomposition as it feeds on dead or decaying organisms. | DECOMPOSERS |
| A position in a food chain or Ecological Pyramid occupied by a group of organisms with similar feeding mode. | TROPHIC LEVEL |
| A feeding hierarchy (things ranked one above the other)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. | FOOD CHAIN |
| An animal that feeds off plants. | HERBIVORE |
| An animal that feeds off flesh. | CARNIVORE |
| An animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin. | OMNIVORE |
| Any organism that consumes or feeds on autotrophs or decaying matter. | PRIMARY CONSUMER |
| SECONDARY CONSUMER |