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trophic levels
Term | Definition |
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autotroph | producer, makes its own food |
heterotroph | consumer, eats other organisms |
herbivore | consumes producers |
carnivore | consumes other consumers |
omnivore | consumes both producers and consumers |
trophic level | feeding level of an organism |
food chain | traces the path of energy flow through organisms |
desert | low precipitation, low diversity |
savanna | tropical grassland, rainy and dry seasons |
coniferous forest | pine trees, cool seasonal |
deciduous forest | broadleaf forests, temperate |
tundra | cold, few trees, mostly bushes & grasses |
tropical rainforest | very rainy, many trees, hot |
grassland | temperate, mostly grass |
biotic | living |
abiotic | nonliving |