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2-Eco & Food Web
Ecosystems & Food Webs
Term | Definition |
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Ecosystem | a system consisting of the interactions that occur between the living and non living things in that area |
Food Chain | the movement of food energy from one organism to another |
Producers | organisms that get their energy directly from the sun |
Consumer | any animal that eats to live - these cannot make their own food |
Decomposer | a special group of consumers - that breaks down dead or decaying plant and animal material |
Herbivores | consumer that eats only plants |
Abiotic | the nonliving parts of an ecosystem |
Biome | an area with similar climate and ecosystems |
Omnivores | a consumer that eats both plants and animals |
Biotic | the living parts of an ecosystem |
Carnivore | Consumers that eat only animals |
Food Webs | a Group of overlapping or connected food chains |