| A | B |
| Producer | Grass, trees, fruit. Producers make their own food and get their energy from the sun. |
| Energy Pyramid | Model that shows how energy moves through a food chain. |
| Predator | Hunts and kills other animals for food. |
| Sun | source of all energy in food chains. Producers get their energy directly from the sun |
| Consumer | A living thing that eats other living things for food. Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all consumers. |
| Food Web | Made up of overlapping food chains. |
| Decomposers | A living thing that breaks down dead thigns and their wastes for food. They recycle nutrients. |
| Prey | the animal that is hunted and eaten by the predator. |
| Carnivore | a consumer that eats only meat. |
| Herbivore | a consumer that eats only plants, fruits, and grasses |
| Omnivore | a consumer that eates both plants and animals. |