Carnivores
flesh eating animals
Coexistence
to exist together at the same time or in the same environment
Consumers
organisms that cannot make their own food so they feed on other organisms (plant or animal)
Cooperation
a beneficial but necessary interaction between two species in a community
Herbivores
an animal that feeds chiefly on plants.
Mutualism
an association between organisms of two different species in which each member benefits
Omnivores
an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin
Primary consumer
an animal that eats grass and other green plants in a food chain; an herbivore
Secondary consumer
an animal that eats other animals to get energy - they do not get as much energy as a primary consumer
Tertiary consumer
an animal that feeds on secondary consumers in a food chain
Predator
An animal that hunts other animals for food
Prey
An animal that is hunted for food
Producers
Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food through a process called photosynthesis
Symbiosis
A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species