Food Chains and Food Webs Notes
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Biosphere- the _________________________ part of the planet’s shell including air, land,
surface rocks and ________________
Biome- major regional ________________ of distinctive plant and animal __________________
best adapted to the region’s physical ________________ _____________________
Ecosystem- all the __________________(living) and _______________ (nonliving) factors that
will _________________ with each other.
Community- Groups of many ___________________ species of ______________ interacting in a
particular __________
Predator – an animal that ____________ other animals
Prey – the animal that is ____________ by the other
Population – group of organisms of ___________ species that live in the same place
Autotrophs – Organisms that ____________ their own ________ from ____________ or
_________________ energy without eating anything.
Heterotrophs – Organisms that get their ___________ by ____________ other organisms
Producer (Autotroph) – Always the ___________ of the food chain/pyramid. Producers are
organisms that _________ their own ____________. Plants are producers
Herbivores- Animals that only eat ________________. They are _____________________
consumers
Omnivore- Organism that eats both ____________ and ___________________
Carnivore – Animals that only eat _____________. They are ____________________
consumers.
Decomposers- Eats ___________ or ____________ organisms
Food Chain - The _____________ feeding arrangement in an ecosystem that shows the
_______________ of _______________ from one ____________________ to the next.
The Sun- ____________ supplier of the Earth’s _____________________
10% Rule – Only 10% of __________________ is passed up to the
__________________________________.