| A | B |
|---|
| producers | creates its own food through photosysnthesis |
| consumer | eats food to get energy |
| herbivore | consumer that only eats plants |
| omnivore | consumer that eats both plants and animals |
| carnivore | consumer that eats only meat/other animals |
| decomposer | consumer that breaks down dead organisms and returns the nutrients to the soil |
| photosynthesis | process plants go through to create their own energy using light |
| predator | animal that hunts down, kills, and eats another animal for its energy. |
| primary consumer | first consumer in a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid |
| secondary consumer | second consumer in a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid |
| tertiary consumer | third consumer in a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid |
| prey | Animal that is hunted down, killed and eaten by another animal. |
| competitor | An organism that is trying to get the same resources as another organism at the same time. |
