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ch18-2 ecology
Term | Definition |
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herbivore | an organism that eats only plants |
carnivore | an organism that eats only animals |
ommnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals |
food chain | the pathway of energy tranfer through various stages as a result of the feeding pattern of organism |
food web | a diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organisms in an environment |
energy pyramid | a diagram that shows an ecosystems loss of energy |
producers | organisms that use sunlight directly to make food |
photosyhthsis | this is the process that producers do to make their food |
decomposers | organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organisms |
scavengers | are omnivories that eat dead plants and animals |
composers | organisms that eat other organisms |