| A | B |
| consumers | organisms that feed directly on producers |
| food web | consists of many overlapping food chains |
| population | group of organisms of the same type/species living together in the same area |
| habitat | the place an organism lives |
| food chain | represents series of events where food and energy are transferred from one organism to another |
| decomposers | organisms that break down dead organisms into simpler substances |
| producers | source of all food in an ecosystem |
| ecosystems | separate unit consisting of living/nonliving things reacting in a given area |
| community | part of an ecosystem where all different organisms live together in a given area |
| environment | consists of all living/nonliving things with which organisms may interact |