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Unique Niche, Food Chains, and Food Webs
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unique niche,  | an organism's role in an ecosystem based on how it gets food |
consumers,  | animals that eat other ORGANISMS |
herbivores,  | animals that eat only PLANTS |
carnivores,  | animals that eat only other ANIMALS |
omnivores,  | animals that eat BOTH plants AND animals |
predators,  | animals that HUNT other animals for food |
prey,  | animals that are HUNTED by predators |
decomposers,  | organisms that feed on dead plants and animals, as well as animal wastes |
food chain,  | the path of ENERGY from the SUN to a PLANT to an ANIMAL to another animal |
food web,  | a GROUP of overlapping food chains |
scavengers,  | animals that eat dead animals |
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