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Ecosystems Stack
Movement in Ecosystems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organisms | living things. All plants and animals are organisms |
| Food Web | Shows how matter moves through an ecosystem |
| Consumers | Organisms that eat other organisms |
| Producers | Organisms that make their own food using energy from the sun. Most plants are producers; they make their own food using photosysnthesis. |
| Decomposers | Organisms that break down dead plants and animals into smaller pieces and recycle the nutrients back into the ecosystem. |
| Ecosystem | a community of living and nonliving things that interact with each other in a particular environment. |