12C Day 2

An organism that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules.

• Consumer
• Producer
• Decomposer
• Parasite 

An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

• Consumer
• Producer
• Decomposer
• Detriov

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms.

• Decomposers
• Producers
• Consumers

Eat primary consumers (can be carnivores and omnivores)

• Tertiary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Quaternary Consumers 
• Top Predators 

Animals that eat primary producers (also known as herbivores)

• Producers
• Primary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Tertiary Consumers

An animal that eats the secondary consumers.

• Primary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Producer

• Autotroph

An organism that obtains its energy from an abiotic source such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Consumer

• Carnivore

Animals that eat other animals

• Carnivore

• Detritivore

• Producer

• Decomposer

An organism that feeds on dead or decaying plant or animal remains

• Detritivore

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

• Frugivore

All of the biotic and abiotic factors and the interactions among them in a given area

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Biomass