| A | B |
|---|
| decomposer | this feeds on the wastes of other living things |
| prey | A fish that is hunted and eaten by another consumer is |
| food chain | The path of food in an ecosystem |
| producer | makes its own food |
| consumer | A living thing that eats other living things |
| omnivore | Consumers that eat both plants and animals |
| interact | The living things in a community do this with each other and with nonliving things |
| food web | several linked food chains make up a |
| herbivore | Consumers that eat only plants |
| predator | A shark hunts its food; therefore, it is a |
| energy pyramid | A model of how energy moves through a food web |
| carnivore | Consumers that eat only animals |
| grass, tree, flower | examples of producers |
| horse | an example of a consumer |
| mushroom | an example of a decomposer |
| sun | producers get their energy from the |
