carnivore
An animal that eats only other animals.
consumer
An organism that gets its energy from eating other living things.
herbivore
An animal that eats only plants.
omnivore
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
predator
An animal that hunts other animals.
producer
An organism that makes its own food by using energy from the sun.
scavenger
An animal that eats the remains of dead animals.
food web
A connected set of food chains in the same ecosystem.
food chain
A series of organisms that depend on each other for food.
decomposer
An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead material and wastes.
primary consumer
A consumer that eats producers
secondary consumer
A consumer that eats primary consumers
tertiary consumer
A consumer that eats secondary consumers
prey
An animal that is eaten by another animal
abiotic
Non-living factors in the environment
biotic
All living factors in an environment
energy pyramid
Triangular diagram that demonstrates the flow of energy through a food chain
producer
Trophic level at the bottom of an energy pyramid
sun
Ultimate source of all energy in food
photosynthesis
Process by which plants use solar energy to make food