producer consumer decomposer carnivore omnivore herbivore primary consumer secondary consumer food chain food web

decomposer

Consumers that break down the tissues of dead organisms

producer

Organisms that make their own food

food web

Shows the interactions among many different food chains in a single ecosystem

food chain

The ways in which the organisms in an ecosystem interact with one another according to what they eat

secondary consumer

(in the food chain) a carnivore that feeds only upon herbivores.

omnivore

An animal that eats both plants and other animals

carnivore

An animal that eats other animals

herbivore

An animal that eats plants

consumer

An organism in a community that must eat to get the energy it needs

primary consumer

an animal that feeds on plants; a herbivore.