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2-Eco & Food Web
Ecosystems & Food Webs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |