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8 Food Chain/Web
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| food web | The network of all the interrelated food chains in a biological community. |
| food chain | The sequence of who eats whom in a biological community |
| heterotroph | An organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms |
| autotroph | An organism that makes its food from light or chemical energy without eating |
| carnivore | An organism that eats meat |
| herbivore | An organism that eats plant |
| primary consumer | A meat eater that eats autotrophs |
| secondary consumer | A meat eater that eats primary consumers |
| tertiary consumer | A meat eater that eats secondary consumers |
| quaternary consumer | A meat eater that eats tertiary consumers |