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Melting Glacier
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prey | an animal that is hunted |
| predator | an animal that hunts other animals for food |
| producer | a plant |
| herbivore | an animal that only eats producers |
| omnivore | an animal that eats producers and other animals |
| carnivore | an animal that only eats animals |
| consumer | an animal that eats something else (plant or animal) |
| decomposer | breaks down dead animals and plants |
| biotic | living |
| abiotic | not living |
| organism | a living thing |
| food chains | shows pathway of energy from organism to organism |
| food web | multiple food chains, shows the flow of energy through an ecosystem |
| food chains always start with __________________ | the sun |
| ecosystem | a community of living things and the nonliving things |
| plant and producers can also be called... | autotrophs |
| the first animal to eat(herbivore or omnivore/eats a plant) | primary consumer |
| the second animal to eat(omnivore or carnivore/eats another animal) | secondary consumer |
| the third animal to eat(omnivore or carnivore/eats other animal) | tertiary consumer |
| animal that eats dead plants or animals | scavenger |
| glacier | cold ice mass |
| unglue | to come apart |
| a group helping melting glaciers | ice911 |
| carbon footprint | the amount of carbon you put into the air |
| global warming | global climate goes up because of air pollution |
| greenhouse gasses | harmful gas that releases radiant energy |
| animal that interacts with humans because of melting glaciers | polar bears |
| places glaciers go when they melt | retreat up the mountain or the ocean |
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