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Food Web
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiotic Factors | non-living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment |
| Biotic Factors | living part of an ecosystem that shapes its environment |
| Herbivore | Animals that only consume plants |
| Carnivore | Animals that only consume other animals |
| Omnivore | Animals that consume both plants and animals |
| Trophic Level | the position of an organism in the food chain |
| Primary Producer | organisms that acquire their energy from sunlight and materials from nonliving sources |
| Consumer | organisms that eat producers |
| Food Chain | the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism |
| Food Web | all the food chains in a single ecosystem. Each living thing in an ecosystem is part of multiple food chains. |
| Ecosystem | biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment |