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Food Chains and Webs
The process of Food Chain
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Environmental Studies
12th Grade
10/12/2011
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Term

Autotroph

Definition

producer
Term

Consumer

Definition

The example of a caterpillar demonstrates

the role of a consumer in that it eats the

autotroph
Term

Carnivore

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 Definition
Animals that eat OTHER ANIMALS 
Term
[image]
 Definition

Producer :  can be consumed by other organisms

Primary consumers : typically herbivores that eat the producer

secondary consumers : typically omnivores that eat the primary

                                consumers and sometimes that producers

tertiary consumers : typically omnivores that eat anything on the

chain below them
Term

Detritivores[image]

 

 Definition
An organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, returning essential nutrients to the ecosystem
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