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EOC 8
EOC 8 flash cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Omnivores | Consumers that eat both plants and animals |
| Carnivores | Consumers that eat mostly animals |
| Herbivores | Consumers that eat mostly plants |
| Examples of producers | Plants, some kinds of bacteria and algae |
| 10% | The percentage of energy passed from one tropic level to the next |
| Heat | Organisms at each level use much of the energy or release it into the environment |
| Producers | Radiant energy from the sun is converted to chemical energy |
| Biomass | All living matter in a habitat, tropic level, or ecosystem |
| The sun | Main source of energy in the ecosystem |
| Autotroph | Organisms that make its own food |
| Heterotrophs | Organisms that obtain their energy by eating other organisms |
| Producers | Organisms that make up most of the biomass in any ecosystem |
| Decomposers | Organisms that obtain energy from organic waste such as fallen dead leaves or dead organisms |
| 90% | The percentage of energy “lost” as heat from one trophies level to the next |
| Top of Pyramid | The least biomass on the energy pyramid |