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Ecosystems

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predator A carnivore that hunts and kills other animals for food and has adaptations that help it capture the animals it preys upon
Carnivore A consumer that eats only animals.
Producer An organism that can make its own food.
Omnivore An animal that eats both plants and animals
Herbivore A consumer that eats only plants.
Consumer An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Decomposer An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
scavenger A carnivore that eats the bodies of dead organisms
prey An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Photosynthesis process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
Biotic Describes living factors in the environment.
Abiotic Non-living
F. B. I. The three main types of decomposers.
A decomposer's main job Return nutrients (energy) to the soil
The Eater What the arrows in a food web or chain point to
Food Web A group of connected food chains
Food Chain Shows how energy flows through a simple diagram of organisms
The Sun Most food chains trace the energy back to this source
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