Ecosystems Vocabulary - Part 2 - Gr6

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An organism that can make its own food.

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Producer

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

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Consumer

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A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

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Energy Pyramid

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A series of events in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and by being eaten.

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Food Chain

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The pattern of overlapping feeding relationships or food chains among the various organisms in an ecosystem.

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Food Web

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An animal that hunts and kills other living things for food

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Predator

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The organism that an animal hunts and eats for food.

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Prey

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Animals that feed on the remains of dead animals.

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Scavenger

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What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

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Decomposers