Ecosystem Energy and Organisms

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Photosynthesis

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process of how plants get energy from the Sun

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Producer

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An organism that makes its own food.

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Consumer

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

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Herbivore

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A consumer that eats only plants.

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Carnivore

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A consumer that eats only animals.

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Omnivore

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A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

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Decomposers

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organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return raw materials to the environment

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Food Chains

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A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten. Use arrows in a straight line to show transfer.

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primary consumer

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First consumers. They usually eat plant material. For example: rabbits, caterpillars, cows and sheep.

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tertiary consumer

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Third consumers. They eat secondary consumers. For example: snakes, some fish, seals.