Ecosystem Vocabulary

all living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place

• omnivore

• producer

• ecosystem

• food web

one of Earth’s largest ecosystems with its climate, soil, plants and animals

• producer

• photosynthesis

• abiotic

• biome

the path of food energy in an ecosystem as one living things eats another

• ecosystem

• food chain

• food web

• decomposer

two or more food chains that overlap

• food web

• herbivore

• food chain

• carnivore

an animal that eats only other animals

• herbivore

• carnivore

• producer

• omnivore

an animal that eats only plants

• carnivore

• omnivore

• producer

• herbivore

an organism that breaks down the remains of dead organisms

• decomposer

• biotic

• prey

• omnivore

an animal that eats both plants and animals

• herbivore

• carnivore

• abiotic

• omnivore

any organism that makes its own food

• consumer

• abiotic

• producer

• predator

an organism that eats other living things to get energy

• consumer

• producer

• abiotic

• biome