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Ecosystem -An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and

other organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, work together to form
a bubble of life.(National Geographic society)
2. Consumer- A consumer, according to the definition in biology, is an
organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or
animals to get energy. Consumers are also known as heterotrophs.
3. Decomposer: An organism, often a bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate that
feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, making organic
nutrients available to the ecosystem.
4. Food chain -is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and
energy pass as one organism eats another. In a food chain, each organism
occupies a different trophic level, defined by how many energy transfers
separate it from the basic input of the chain.
5. Food web- consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem. Each living
thing in an ecosystem is part of multiple food chains. Each food chain is one
possible path that energy and nutrients may take as they move through the
ecosystem.
6. Energy pyramid- also known as a trophic or ecological pyramid, is a
graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an
ecosystem. The bottom and largest level of the pyramid is the producers
and contains the largest amount of energy.
7. Prey- animals that are killed and eaten by other animals. Context: Rabbits
and crickets are both eaten by bigger animals; they are prey.