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autotroph
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aka the producer, an organism that makes its own food
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decomposer
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a consumer that feeds on already dead organisms.
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photosynthesis
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t/ process autotrophs use to trap the sun's energy in sugar molecules
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tropthic level
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a nother name for a "feeding level"
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protein
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the important biological molecule produced using nitrogen in addition to c, h, and o
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transpiration
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t/ process through which plants lose water on warm, sunny days
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food web
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a model that shows all t/ complex feeding relatinships in a comnity
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BioMagnification
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t/ increasing affect of toxins at higher trophic levels
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heterotroph
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aka consumer, an organism that eats another organism
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herbivore
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aka primary cinsumer
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carbon
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element that is pased back and forth frombrtween plants and animals to keep energy flowing through the ecosytem
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biomass
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t/ total amount of living matter @a giventrophic level
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