Energy Pyramids Vocab. Post-Test

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Producer

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An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings; for example: trees, grass, flowers.

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Tertiary Consumer

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A carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary.

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Secondary Consumer

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An organism that eats primary consumers; carnivores.

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Trophic Level

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Each level or step in an energy pyramid, food web, or food chain.

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Primary Consumer

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An organism that eats producers; herbivores.

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Food Chain

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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Food Web

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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Carnivore

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An organism that primarily eats meat or the flesh of other animals.

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Herbivore

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An organism that primarily eats plants.

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Omnivore

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An organism that eats both plants and animals.