Food Chains and Food Webs Vocabulary

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a living organism, such as a plant, that makes its own food, using the energy of the Sun, water and carbon dioxide

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producer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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A living organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.

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consumer

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an animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals

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prey

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An animal that eats other animals

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carnivore

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The path that food energy travels from one organism to another organism in an ecosystem.

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food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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omnivore

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Organism that gets its energy by breaking down dead and decaying matter and waste.

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decomposer

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A diagram that shows how much food energy is passed from each level of the food chain to the next.

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energy pyramid

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Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem

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food web

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An animal that eats dead organisms

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scavenger