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Energy Flow Ecosyste
MacMillan B1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| living things in an environment | biotic factors |
| non-living things in an environment | abiotic factors |
| all living and non-living things in an environment | ecosystem |
| all members of a single species | population |
| the different populations in an ecosystem | community |
| the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem | food chain |
| organisms that use the sun's energy to make sugar and oxygen | producers |
| any animal that eats | consumer |
| animals that eat producers/plants | herbivore |
| animals that eat other animals | carnivores |
| animals that eat both plants and animals | omnivores |
| organisms that break down dead or decaying plant and animal material | decomposers |
| consumers that eat leftover bodies after they have started to rot | scavengers |
| a network of food chains that have some links in common | food web |
| an animal that hunts other animals for food | predator |
| organisms that are eaten by other animals | prey |
| a diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem | energy pyramid |