Unit 10, Chapter 1 Vocab

An organism that is able to make its own energy, often through photosynthesis

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

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Type of heterotroph that breaks down organic matter (i.e., fungus and bacteria)

• Omnivore

• Autotroph

• Decomposer

• Detritivore

Diagram that shows the one-way flow of energy through an ecosystem

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

• Biomass Pyramid

• Food Chain

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Each unique step within a food chain or food web

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Trophic Level

• Food web

Organism that obtains energy by eating only meat

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Heterotroph

Collective term for dead plant and animal remains

• Trophic Level

• Autotroph

• Detritus

• Energy Pyramid

A type of organism that relies on other organisms in order to get its food and energy

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Food Web

• Trophic Level

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links all food chains of an ecosystem together

• Food chains

• Heterotroph

• Food Web

• Ecological pyramid

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Diagram that shows the amounts of energy or matter contained within each trophic level of the food chain or food web

• Ecological Pyramid

• Food web

• Food chain

• Biomass pyramid

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Shows the number of individual organisms at each trophic level

• Biomass Pyramid

• Ecological Pyramid

• Trophic Levels

• Pyramid of Numbers