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The Sun's Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| energy | all living things in an ecosystem need it to survive |
| consumer | organisms that must eat other organisms to get energy |
| decomposer | an organism that breaks down decaying matter and releases important nutrients back into the ecosystem |
| producer | organisms that get energy directly from the Sun |
| phyotosynthesis | the process in which producers take in energy from the Sun and use it to make their own food |
| herbivore | a consumer that obtains all of its energy by eating producers or plants |
| Sun | where all of the energy in an ecosystem comes from or starts |
| carnivore | a type of consumer that eats only meat |
| omnivore | a type of consumer that eats plants and animals |