| A | B |
|---|
| producer | makes its own food from water, air, and sunlight |
| predator | hunts the prey to eat |
| carnivore | meat eater |
| herbivore | plant eater |
| omnivore | eats both plants and meat |
| flat teeth | for grinding plants |
| sharp teeth | for tearing meat |
| flat and sharp teeth | teeth of omnivore for grinding plants and tearing meat |
| decomposers | organisms that break down dead plant and animal material |
| consumer | eat producers in food chain |
| rocks and pebbles | non-living |
| habitat | home: the place where a plant or animal naturally lives and grows |
| parasite | organism that lives on or inside other organisms |
| energy pyramid | diagram that shows how energy moves thru an ecosystem |
| population | all members of a single type of living thing in an area |
| population study | to mark off and study an area according to its populations and physical layout |
| food web | several food chains that are connected |
| food chain | a series of organisms that depend on one another for food |
