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8 Food Chain/Web
Term | Definition |
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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 |