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Ecology 1.2
energy flows through the ecosystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| producer | autotroph-an organism that uses energy to make their own food |
| consumer | an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms |
| decomposer | an organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of others organisms |
| food chain | the path of energy transfer from producers to consumers |
| food web | a model of the feeding relationships between many different consumers and producers in an ecosystem |
| energy pyramid | a model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level of an ecosystem |
| herbivore | a consumer that eats only plants |
| carnivore | an animal that eats other animals |
| omnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals |