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Ecology - Common vocabulary terms 1
Check your understanding of some common ecology vocabulary terms.
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diversity, 
| a variety of organisms |
| consumer,
| another name for heterotroph; something that cannot make its own food, it must feed on another organism |
| producer,
| the start of the food chain such as a plant or algae that photosynthesizes, also known as an autotroph |
| autotroph,
| the start of the food chain such as a plant or algae that photosynthesizes, also known as a producer |
| heterotroph,
| something that cannot make its own food, it must feed on another organism |
| carnivore,
| eats only meat; Example: tigers and lions |
| herbivore,
| something that eats plants or algae (sheep, cows) |
| omnivore,
| eats both plants and animals; Example: Humans |
| decomposer,
| something that breaks down dead organisms to their smallest molecular form; the molecules become nutrients (food ) for plants |
| scavenger,
| something that eats dead organism Example: vulture |
| niche,
| a role or purpose or job in a community; such as scavenger or decomposer |
| predator,
| a living thing that hunts and eats another organism |
| prey,
| an organism that is hunted down and eaten by another living thing |
| biotic factor,
| a living thing |
| abiotic factor,
| a non-living thing such as air, water, light, soil |
| detritivore,
| something that eats waste |
| trophic level,
| feeding level |
| habitat,
| area in which an organism lives |
| ultimate source of energy,
| the sun is the original source of all energy in food chains and webs |
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