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Food web
Vocab on food webs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Producer | Gets energy from the sun. |
| Primary Consumer | Gets energy from eating a producer |
| Secondary Consumer | Gets energy from eating a primary consumer |
| Tertiary Consumer | Gets energy from eating a secondary consumer |
| Quaternary Consumer | Gets energy from eating a tertiary consumer |
| Consumer | Eats another organism |
| Predator | Eats another animal |
| Prey | The animal that gets eaten by a predator |
| Decomposer | Breaks down dead organisms |
| Herbivore | Eats only plants |
| Carnivore | Eats only meat |
| Omnivore | Eats both meat and plants |
| Food chain | A path in which energy gets passed from one living thing to the next |
| Food web | A group of food chains |