| A | B |
|---|
| producer | An organism that can make its own food. |
| herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants. |
| omnivore | A consumer that eats both plants and animals. |
| decomposer | An organism that breaks down chemicals from waste and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water. |
| food web | The pattern of overlapping food chains that models energy flowing through an ecosystem. |
| consumer | An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
| carnivore | A consumer that eats only animals. |
| food chain | A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. |
| energy pyramid | A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web. |
