| A | B |
|---|
| Organism | a living thing |
| Predator | an animal that hunts and kills the food it eats |
| Edible | safe to eat |
| Nonedible | not safe to eat |
| Producer | A green plant makes its own food from sunlight, air, and water. |
| Consumer | an animal that eats living organisms (including plants or animals) |
| Decomposer | an organism that breaks down decayed plants and animals into smaller pieces that can be used again by living things |
| Herbivore | an animal that eats only producers (plants) |
| Carnivore | an animal that eats only other consumers (animals) |
| Omnivore | an animal that eats both producers (plants) and consumers (animals) |
| Prey | the animal being hunted by another animal for food |
| Food chain | a group of living things that form a link in which the first living thing is eaten by the second; the second is eaten by the third and so on |
