8th Grade - Food Webs
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| Food Chain | A path of food energy from the Sun to the producer then transferred to a series of consumers
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| Food Web | The elaborate interconnected feeding relationship in an ecosystem
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| Trophic Level | The position an organism occupies on the food web
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| Producer | An organism that is capable of performing photosynthesis to use the Sun's energy directly
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| Consumer | An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients
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| Herbivore | An organism that consumes only plants
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| Carnivore | An organism that consumes other animals
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| Omnivore | An organism that consumes both animals and plants
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| Parasite | An organism that survives on a host of organism and causes harm to the host
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| Host | An organism that is used by another organism for nutrients, shelter or transport. It is harmed by the relationship.
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| Predator | An organism that hunts for its food
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| Prey | An organism that is hunted by other organisms for food
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| Aquatic Ecosystem | An ecosystem that is located in water
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| Terrestrial Ecosystem | An ecosystem that is found on land
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| Marine Ecosystem | An ecosystem that is found in oceans and other salt water
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| Freshwater Ecosystem | An ecosystem found in streams, lakes and rivers where there is less than 1% salt content.
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| Autotroph | An organism that produces its own food such as a plant
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| Heterotroph | An organism that must use other organisms for food, such as animals.
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| Energy Pyramid | A diagram that shows the trophic levels of organisms in a food web.
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| Commensalism | A relationship where one is benefitted and the other is neither benefitted or harmed
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| Mutualism | The relationship between organisms where both benefit.
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| Decomposer | Organism such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals.
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