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