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autotroph/primary producer |
an organism that obtains energy and nutrients from inorganic sources to build organic compounds |
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primary production |
rate at which producers capture and store energy |
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consumer |
organism that obtains energy and carbon by feeding on tissues, wastes, or remains of other organisms |
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detritivore |
consumer that feeds on small bits of organic material ex. earthworm |
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decomposer |
organism that feeds on biological remains and breaks organic material down into its inorganic subunits |
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food chain |
description of who eats whom in one path of energy in an ecosystem |
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trophic level |
position of an organism in a food chain |
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energy(sun)----producer----primary consumer----secondary consumer----tertiary consumer |
list the order of the food chain |
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food web |
set of cross-connecting food chains |
