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Basic Ecology Words
middle school level ecology words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plants, trees, grass - organism makes its own food using photosynthesis | autotroph |
| organism eats other animals or autotrophs for food | heterotroph |
| sequence of plants and animals - this sequence shows which organisms eat other organisms. | food chain |
| a diagram that shows many interconnected food chains. | food web |
| words means heterotrophs ex: cows eat grass; humans eat cows | consumers |
| autotrophs | producers |
| consumer that eats autotrophs cows eat grass | herbivore |
| animals that eat other animals - these predators eat meat | carnivore |
| bacteria and other organisms that break down bodies of dead plants and animals | decomposer |
| carnivore - eats other animals for food | predator |
| predator's food - cow is the bear's food. | prey |