Ecology Flashcards

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Autotroph

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Organism that can make its own food using light

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Heterotroph

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Organism that must consume other organisms to get energy

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Producer

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Organism that can make its own food/energy (plants)

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Consumer

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Organism that must eat other organisms for food/energy

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Decomposer

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Organism that chemically breaks down the remains of dead organisms

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Scavenger

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Animal that eats the remains of dead organisms

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Herbivore

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Organism that eats only plants

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Omnivore

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Organism that eats both plants and animals

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Carnivore

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Organism that eats other consumers (meat eater)

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Predator

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An organism that hunts, kills, and consumes another organism.