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Food Chains
5.9B-Food Chains and Food Webs
Term | Definition |
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Prey | Organism that is hunted and killed by another organism for food. |
Decomposer | Breaks down dead organisms, waste, and non-living materials for energy. |
Transfer | Move from one place to another. |
Producer (Plants) | Uses sunlight to make its own food for energy. |
Consumer | Eats other organisms for energy. |
Food Web | Multiple food chains connected to show the path of food energy in an ecosystem. |
Food Chain | Straight path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem. |
Sun | Star that provides light and heat to Earth . |
Predator | Organism that hunts and eats another organism for energy. |
Energy | Needed to do work. |
Omnivore | Animal that gets energy by eating BOTH plants and animals. |
Ecosystem | Community of living and non-living things. |
Herbivore | Animal that gets energy by eating ONLY plants. |
Carnivore | An animal that gets energy by eating ONLY other animals. |
Rotate | To turn, or spin. |
Revolve | To move around another object. |