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Science
ecosystem
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A community of organisms and the environment in which they live | ecosystem |
| an animal that eats only producers | herbivores |
| an animal that eats only animals (also called a 2nd level consumer) | carnivore |
| the transfer of food energy between organisms in an ecosystem | food chain |
| a consumer that obtains food energy by breaking down the remains of dead plants and animals | decomposer |
| the loss of water from a leaf through the stomata | transpiration |
| the process in which plants make food by using water from the soil, carbon dioxide from the air, and energy from sunlight | photosynthesis |
| a green pigment that allows a plant to absorb the sun's light energy | chlorophyll |
| a living thing such as a plant, that makes its own food | producer |
| an organism that eats plants, other animals or both | consumer |
| a diagram that shows the relationship between different food chains in an ecosystem | food web |
| a diagram that shows how much food energy is passed from one level to the next in a food chain | energy pyramid |