Env. Science - Chapt. 3 Vocab

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producer

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an organism that makes its own food

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herbivore

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consumers that eat only producers (plant-eaters)

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carnivores

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consumers that eat other consumers (meat-eaters)

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omnivores

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consumers that eat both plants and animals

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decomposers

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consumers that get their food by breaking down dead organisms

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cellular respiration

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the process of breaking down food into energy

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food chain

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a sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another

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food web

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what organisms eat in an ecosystem

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trophic level

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each step in the transfer of energy through an ecosystem

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water cycle

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the continual process by which water circulates between the atmosphere and the Earth