2 Ecosystem Review 2

A living thing that gets energy by eating other living things.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• competition

The demand for a resource by two or more organisms.

• competition

• consumer

• predator

• producer

A living thing that gets energy by breaking down wastes and dead plants and animals

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• predator

A model that shows the path of energy as it flows from one living thing to the next.

• food chain

• food web

• fast food restaurant

• omnivores

A consumer that eats only or mostly plants.

• herbivores

• carnivores

• decomposer

• omnivores

A consumer that eats only or mostly animals.

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• decomposer

A model that shows how several food chains connect together.

• habitat

• community

• food chain

• food web

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

• producer

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use energy from sunlight to make their own food.

• producer

• decomposer

• photosynthesis

• food chain

A group of organisms of the same kind that live in the same area at the same time.

• community

• habitat

• population

• neighborhood