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Food Webs
Terms associated with food webs
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Environmental Studies
8th Grade
04/10/2013

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An organism that produces its own food
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Producer
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A living organism that lives by eating other organisms
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Consumer
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A community of organisms and their environment
Definition
Ecosystem
Term
Organisms that break down dead organisms
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Decomposers
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Organisms that hunt and feed on other organisms
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Predator
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Organisms that are eaten or consumed by other organism
Definition
Prey
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An organism that (often unknowingly) shelters a parasite
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Host
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An organism that shelters on or in another organism at the organisms expense
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Parasite
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A relationship of two different organisms in which only one of the organism benefits
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Symbiosis/Symbiotic Relationship
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Nonliving parts of an ecosystem such as light, temperature, weather, soil and water
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Abiotic Factors
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Living parts of an ecosystem
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Biotic Factors
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All the organisms of a species that live in the same place at the same time
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Population
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All of the populations that live in an area at the same time
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Community
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Place where an organism lives
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Habitat
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A large group of ecosystems that have similar climates and organisms
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Biome
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An animal that eats mainly producers
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Herbivore
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A consumer that eats mainly other animals
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Carnivore
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A consumer that eats both producers and other consumers
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Omnivore
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A carnivore that feeds on other animals that are already dead or been killed
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Scavenger
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Shows the energy flow from one organism to the next
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Food Chain
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Shows the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
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Food Web
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The representation of the decrease in energy from level to level
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Energy Pyramid
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The name associated with each level in an ecosystem
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Trophic Level
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