Consumers that eat both plants and animals
Omnivores
A diagram that shows what each organism eats.
Food Chain
The home of an organism
habitat
Top of the food chain! Nothing eats them!
Tertiary Consumers
Organisms that make their own food using the sun's energy.
Producers
Organisms that eat other plants or animals for energy.
Consumers
Consumers that eat dead animals
Scavengers
A group of the same organism.
Population
A model that shows the energy that is lost within an ecosystem.
Energy Pyramid
Consumers that only eat plants
Herbivores
Organisms that break down dead organisms and return the nutrients to the soil.
Decomposers
In an energy pyramid, these consumers eat producers.
Primary Consumers
In an energy pyramid, the consumers that eat herbivores.
Secondary Consumers
An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
Prey
Different species fighting for the same resources
Competition
Many food chains linked together to show how energy flows in an ecosystem.
Food Web
Consumers that eat only meat
Carnivores
Interacting group of organisms in an ecosystem
Community
An organism being well suited for its environment
Adaptation
An animal that naturally preys on others.
Predator