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Food Chains
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| producers | an organism that makes it's own food |
| photosynthesis | food making process in plants |
| plants | almost always a producer; most food chains start with one |
| consumer | an organism that eats other organisms |
| herbivore | eats plants |
| omnivore | eats plants and animals |
| carnivore | meat |
| insectivore | eats insects |
| decomposers | eat remains of dead organisms |
| food chain | path of energy in an ecosystem |
| plankton | plant-like creature; at the base of ocean food chain |