food webs vocab

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a model made of intersecting food chains

Tiny living things that are everywhere around us. We can only see them with a very powerful microscope

A living thing (almost always a plant) that takes energy from the sun and make its own food.

usually made by gathering plant material such as leaves and vegetable peels into a pile and letting it decompose over many months thanks to bacteria and fungi

A living thing that is no longer found alive anywhere on Earth today.

An animal found at the top of a food web and is not eaten by any other animals. Examples include sharks, owls and lions.

a living thing that helps break down dead and decaying matter. Some familiar examples are mushrooms, mold and yeast.

A process by which plants use sunlight to make sugar from carbon dioxide and water.