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Food Chain/Food Web
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Food Chain | Shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature. |
| Food Web | Consists of all the food chains interlocking in a single ecosystem. |
| Producer | Organisms that energy from the sun and make their own food. |
| Consumer | Organisms that get energy by eating other organisms. |
| Decomposer | Organisms that break down dead plants and animals and give nutrients back to the soil. |
| Ecosystem | a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system. |
| Herbivore | Organisms that eat plants only. |
| Carnivore | Organisms that only eat other animals. |
| Omnivore | Organisms that eat both plants and animals. |
| Predator | An animal that eats other animals |
| Prey | An animal hunted for food. |
| Transfer | To move from one to another. |
| Organism | Any living thing. |