Biology 13.3

Heterotroph

Another word for consumers. The prefix hetero means "different."

Autotrophs

Another word for producers. The suffix troph comes from a Greek word meaning "nourishment". The prefix auto means "self."

Consumers

Organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources.

Producer

Organisms that get their energy from nonliving resources meaning they make their own food.

Chemosynthesis

The process by which an organism forms carbohydrates using chemicals as an energy source.

Photosynthesis

Two-stage process that green plants, cyanobacteria, and some protists us to produce energy.