Biological Interactions

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

• ecosystem

• community

• food chain

• food web

the process in which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and glucose

• organic

• inorganic

• consumption

• photosynthesis

an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• carnivore

a single pathway by which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem

• production

• food web

• food chain

• consumption

different population groups living together in the same ecosystem

• population

• species

• producers

• community

an organism that creates its own food through the process of photosynthesis

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• synthesizer

a consumer that eats only plants

• carnivore

• fruitivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

multiple, interconnected pathways by which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem

• food chain

• food web

• chain link connection

• energy web

an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• consumer

• decomposer

• organic

• producer