an __organism__ that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple __inorganic__ substances such as carbon __dioxide__.
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producer
a person, company, or country that makes, grows, or supplies goods or commodities for sale.
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heterotroph
an __organism__ __deriving__ its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
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consumer
Living things that have to hunt, gather and eat their food
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food chain
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament.
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food web
a system of __interlocking__ and __interdependent__ food chains.
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energy transfer
The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another.
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primary consumer
make up the second trophic level
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herbivore
an organism that mostly feeds on plants.
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trophic level
each of several __hierarchical__ levels in an ecosystem, comprising __organisms__ that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy.
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carnivore
an organism that mostly eats meat, or the flesh of animals
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omniwore
an organism that eats plants and animals.
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secondary consumer
largely carnivores that feed on the primary consumers or herbivores
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tertiary consumer
those that eats the secondary consumers (large predators)
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decomposer
organism that breaks down dead organic material
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interdependence
All organisms in an ecosystem depend upon each other
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ecological disruption
an event or force, of nonbiological or biological origin, that brings about mortality to organisms and changes in their spatial patterning
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physical component
the non-living part of the environment
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biological component
the branch of biology that studies how organisms interact with their environment and other organisms
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ecological succession
***the process by which the mix of species and habitat in an area changes over time***