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Biology 2016
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Food web | A connected system of energy transformation among nature |
| Food chain | A line of transformation of energy among nature |
| Heterotroph | an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. |
| Autotroph | an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide |
| Decomposer | an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material. a device or installation that is used to break down a chemical substance |
| Herbivore | an animal that feeds on plants |
| Carnivore | an animal that feeds on meat |
| Ominivore | animal that feeds on both plants and meat |
| Abiotic | not living |
| biotic | living |