| A | B |
| Producer | converts light energy into glucose |
| trophic level | feeding level |
| secondary consumers | trophic level that contains smaller carnivores |
| carnivore | consumes meat for energy |
| Primary consumers | trophic level that contains herbivore |
| consumer | heterotroph |
| omnivore | eats plants and animals |
| decomposer | breaks down materials to a molecular level |
| herbivore | eats autotrophs |
| tertiary consumer | trophic level that contains top predators |
| detritivore | breaks down decomposing material - still poops |