5th - Science Unit 5 Lesson 1 Vocab. REVISED Flashcards
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The path that energy and nutrients follow in the ecosystem.
Food Chain
All the living and nonliving things in an environment, including their interactions with each other.
Ecosystem
An organism that uses the Sun’s energy to make its own food.
Producer
An organism that eats other organisms.
Consumer
An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals into simpler materials that enrich the soil.
Decomposers
An animal that hunts other animals for food.
Predator
A living thing that is hunted for food.
Prey
Are animals that eat only plants.
Herbivores
Animals that eat only other animals.
Carnivores
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
Animals that feed on the remains of dead animals that they did not hunt or kill.
Scavengers
Includes all members of a single species in an area at a given time?
Population
They are the first consumers in a food chain?
Primary consumers
Carnivores that eat primary consumers?
Secondary consumers
Carnivores that eat secondary consumers?
Tertiary consumers
