Chapter 21 Section 1 Vocabulary
| | 1. Carnivore Consumers that eat only animals. |
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| | 2. Consumer An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
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| | 3. Decomposer An organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water. |
| | 4. Energy Pyramid A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web. |
| | 5. Food Chain A series of events where one organism eats another organism and obtains energy. |
| | 6. Food Web the pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
| | 7. Herbivore Consumer that eats only plants. |
| | 8. Omnivore a consumer who eats plants and animals |
| | 9. Producer an organism that can make its own food |
| | 10. Scavenger A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms. |
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