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Food Webs and Energy
Term | Definition |
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Producer | An organism that uses energy from the sun to produce its own food. |
Primary Consumer | An organism that consumes producers (plants) to obtain energy. |
Secondary Consumer | A carnivore that eats primary consumers |
Tertiary Consumer | A carnivore that eats secondary consumers |
Decomposer | Fungi or bacteria that recycle nutrients from dead tissues and wastes back into an ecosystem |