Food Chain/Webs

an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• autotroph

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

an organism that can make its own food; autotroph

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• detritivore

an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

• autotroph

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

a consumer that eats only meat

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

an animal that eats both plants and animals

• detritivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

a consumer that eats only plants

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• producer

a series of steps in an ecosystem in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• population

• food chain

• abiotic factors

• community

the pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

• trophic level

• niche

• food web

• biotic factors

a diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web

• energy pyramid

• food web

• food chain

• niche

each step in a food chin or web

• community

• habitat

• trophic level

• niche