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Unit 6
Food Chains, Webs, and the carbon dioxide/oxygen cycle
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abiotic | non-living; never lived |
| biotic | living or once living organisms |
| interdependency | When elements within an ecosystem depend on each other to survive |
| ecosystem | A community of living and non-living things in their natural environment |
| producer | uses the sun's energy to make its own food through photosynthesis |
| consumers | eat other organisms for their energy |
| decomposers | Consumers that break down dead organisms |
| herbivores | Consumers that only eat plants |
| carnivores | Consumers that only eat meat |
| omnivores | Consumers that eat plants and meat |
| Worms, bacteria, fungi, mushrooms are examples of ______? | decomposers |
| flowers, plants, trees and bushes | examples of producers |
| producers | Use energy from the sun through photosynthesis to make its own food. |
| sun | source of all energy |
| arrows | represent the flow of energy |
| plants in water need three things | sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water |
| carbon dioxide | The gas people breathe out and plants take in. |
| oxygen | What people need to breathe in and plants release. |
| food web | A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem. |