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Mr.Connolly's Food Chain Flashcards
Food Chain
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7th Grade
11/06/2013

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Term
Producer
Definition
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Consumer
Definition

 

an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

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Herbivore
Definition

consumer that only eats plants

 

 

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Carnivore
Definition
consumer that eats only animals
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Omnivore
Definition

a consumer that eats both plants and animals

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Scavenger
Definition

 

an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

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Decomposer
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a series of events in which one organism eats another

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food chain
Definition

the pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

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food web
Definition

the pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

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energy pyramid
Definition

a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web

 

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