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Ecosystems
ecology, life sciencd
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| producer | an organism that can make its own food. |
| consumer | an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
| herbivore | consumer that eats only plants. |
| carnivore | consumer that eats only animals. |
| omnivores | consumer that eats both plants and animals. |
| scavenger | a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms. |
| decomposer | organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms. |
| food chain | a series of event in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. |
| food web | the flow of energy through an ecosystem, with many overlapping food chains. |
| energy pyramid | a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another. |