producer consumer decomposer carnivore omnivore herbivore primary consumer secondary consumer food chain food web
Ace your homework & exams now with Quizwiz!
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.
