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Autotroph
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An organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food
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Heterotroph
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An organism that gets it's energy from consuming other organisms
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Herbivore
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Heterotroph that eats only plants
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Carnivores
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Heterotroph that prey on other heterotrophs
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Trophic level
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Each step in a food chain or web
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Chemosynthesis
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The synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria
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Decomposer
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An organism that decomposes materials
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Scavengers
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Organisms that feed off of dead animals/carcasses
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Consumer
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An organism that feeds off of other organisms due to lack of ability to make it's own food source
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Photosynthesis
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The process in which green plants use sunlight to make it's own food
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