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Organisms need _______in order to survive. |
energy |
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What is an organism's energy role in an ecosystem? |
Producer, consumer, decomposer |
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What is a producer |
an organism that makes its own food (get the energy from sunlight) |
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What is a consumer? |
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
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What are the three types of consumers? |
Herbivores, carnvores, omnivores |
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What is an herbivore? |
eat only plants |
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What is a carnivore? |
eat only meat |
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what is an omnivore? |
eat both plants and meat |
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What is decomposer? |
Organism that breaks down waste and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment |
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What is a food chain? |
series of events in which an organism eats another and obtains energy |
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What is a food web? |
Consist of the many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
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What is ecology? |
Study of how living things interact with each other and their environment |
