| A | B |
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| consumer | a living thing that gets energy by eating plants and other animals |
| herbivore | a consumer that eats plants |
| carnivore | a consumer that eats other consumers |
| omnivore | a consumer that eats both plants and other consumers |
| scavenger | an animal that eats dead animals |
| decomposer | a consumer that puts materials from dead plants and animals back into the soil, air, and water |
| food chain | the flow of energy through a community |
| predator | an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food |
| prey | the animals that predators hunt |
| food web | all the food chains in a community |
| deforestation | is the clearing of a large area trees |
| _______ get the energy they need by eating plants and animals | Consumers |
| ________ are animals that eat dead animals. Decomposers break down dead plants and animals and put minerals and nutrients back into the soil, air and water | Scavengers |
| Energy is passed from one organism to another through a __________ | food chain |
| Many food chains make up a ___________ | food web |
| _______ in the environment affect food webs | Changes |
| People can change ocean food webs by ____________ | overfishing |
| _______(the clearing of tress) is another example of how people can change the food web. | Defrorestation |
