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producer
An organism that can make its own food.
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consumer
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.
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herbivore
A consumer that eats only plants.
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carnivore
A consumer that eats only animals.
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omnivore
a consumer that eats both plants and animals.
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scavenger
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
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decomposer
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
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food chain
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A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
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food web
The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
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energy pyramid
A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
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