| A | B |
|---|
| abiotic factor | A nonliving part of an ecosystem |
| carnnivore | Consumer that eats only animals. |
| herbivore | Consumer that eats only plants. |
| fauna | Animals |
| omnivore | A consumer that eats both plants and animals. |
| biotic factor | A living part of an ecosystem. |
| flora | Plants |
| population | All of the members of one species in a particular area |
| ecosystem | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings |
| producer | Organism that makes its own food |
| consumer | Organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
| scavenger | A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms |
| decomposers | Organisms such as mushrooms and bacteria that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem. |
| food chain | A series of events in which one organism eats another organism eats another organism to obtain energy |
| food web | A series of events that consists of multiple, overlapping food chains. |
