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What makes their own food?
Producers
What is a food chain?
A visual representation of how an organism gets its food/energy. Arrows indicate energy flow.
What are carnivores?
Organisms that get their food from consuming other consumers; these organisms are higher up on the food chain/web.
What is a visual representation of multiple food chains intersecting/interacting with each other in an ecosystem.
A food web
What is an omnivore?
Organisms that eat BOTH producers/plants AND other consumers
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which plants make their own food, sunlight + carbon dioxide creates “food” and oxygen
Give an example of a primary consumer
Ex: Birds that eat seeds or Rabbits that eat grass
What are organisms that get their food/energy from consuming primary consumers
Secondary consumers
What are tertiary consumers?
The 3rd level of consumers in a food chain/web, these organisms get their energy from consuming secondary consumers.
What is an example of a carnivore?