several food chains connected in a web

an organism that can make its own food through the process of photosynthesis

an organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms

an organism that gets its energy from breaking down decaying organic material; the role of decomposers is the recycling of nutrients throughout the ecosystem

a wide variety of organisms

the act of giving up one thing in order to get another

relying on one another

a consumer which gets its energy by eating meat/animal flesh

a consumer which gets its energy by eating only plants and vegetation

a consumer which gets its energy by eating both plants and meat/animal flesh

the specific role an organism plays within an ecosystem