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14 Cards in this Set
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carnivore
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meat eater
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consumer
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must eat other organisms for energy
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decomposer
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breaks down dead and decaying materials into inorganic materials (nutrients)
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herbivore
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plant eater
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omnivore
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eats plants and meat
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prey
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the food of a predator
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predator
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carnivore that hunts and kills its foods
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primary carnivore
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eat herbivores
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secondary carnivore
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eats herbivores and other carnivores
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producer
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makes own food
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heterotroph
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"other-eater": consumer
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autotroph
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makes own food: producer
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scavenger
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eats dead or decaying tissues for food
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trophic level
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a step in the food chain
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