Web of Life Vocab

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Ecosystem

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A community of living and nonliving things that interact with each other.

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Environment

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Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing.

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Producer

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A living thing, usually a plant, that makes its own food from sunlight.

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Consumer

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A living thing that gets its energy by eating plants or other animals.

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Decomposer

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An organism, like fungi or bacteria, that breaks down dead material.

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Herbivore

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An animal that eats only plants.

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Carnivore

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An animal that eats only other animals.

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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Food Chain

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A model showing how energy moves from one organism to another.

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Food Web

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A network of connected food chains showing how energy flows in an ecosystem.