| A | B |
| consumers | Living things that eat food. |
| herbivores | Animals that eat plants,seeds,fruit and roots. |
| carnivores | Animals that eat only other animals. |
| omnivores | Animals that eat both plants and animals. |
| predator | An animal that hunts other animals for food. |
| prey | Animals that are hunted by other animals for food. |
| decomposers | A living thing that puts materials from dead plants and animals back into the soil, air, and water. |
| food chain | The path energy and materials take in a community. |
| food web | The flow of energy and materials through connected food chains. |
| producers | A living thing that can use sunlight to make their own food. |