5.9C changes in ecosystem Vocab

an organism that eats other organisms (plants and or animals) for food

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• food chain

an organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• food chain

 an organism that makes its own food (e.g., plants)

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• food chain

process by which producers / plants use the energy in sunlight to create their own food

• ecosystem

• producer

• photosynthesis

• food chain

a representation of the flow of energy from the Sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem

• ecosystem

• producer

• photosynthesis

• food chain

 a unit consisting of living organisms and the environment that they live in

• ecosystem

• producer

• photosynthesis

• food chain

 representation of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

• ecosystem

• producer

• photosynthesis

• food web

the place where an organism lives

• ecosystem

• habitat

• overpopulation

• food web

having too many people or organisms in a particular area, straining available resources and impacting the environment

• ecosystem

• habitat

• overpopulation

• food web

 to rely on someone or something else

• independent

• dependent