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7.5B Energy Flow

Energy Flow through living systems

TermDefinition
Carnivore An animal that eats other animals
Consumer An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients.
Decomposers Organisms such as bacteria & fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals with out need for internal digestion.
Ecosystem A system compromising all the biotic & abiotic factors in an area and all the interactions among them.
Energy Pyramid A diagram that shows the total amount of energy contained within each trophic level.
Food Chain A single, linear path showing the flow of energy from the Sun to a producer and through different levels of consumers.
Food Web Overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem.
Herbivore An organism that consumes only plants.
Primary Consumer An organism that gets its energy by feeding on producers in the food chain.
Producer An organism that transforms energy from the Sun and uses carbon dioxide and water to make food.
Secondary Consumer An animal that eats primary consumers (other animals that eat plants).
Tertiary Consumer An organism that gets its energy by eating secondary consumers.
Trophic Level The position an organism occupies on the food web.
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