Energy Flow in Ecosystems Vocabulary Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
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An organism that can make its own food
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Producer / Autotroph
2
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Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organism
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Consumer / Heterotroph
3
Q
An organism that eats only plants
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Herbivore
4
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An organism that eats only animals
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Carnivore
5
Q
An organism that eats both plants and animals
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Omnivore
6
Q
A carnivore that feeds on dead organisms
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Scavenger
7
Q
Organisms that break down waste and return them to the environment
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Decomposer
8
Q
A series of events (chains) in which one organism eats another
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Food chain
9
Q
Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
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Food web
10
Q
A diagram that shows the movement of energy in a food web
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Energy pyramid
11
Q
A process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce food
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Photosynthesis
