all living and nonliving things that interact in an area

an organism that makes its own food

organisms that obtain food by eating other organisms

an organism that obtains energy by eating only plants

an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances

animal that hunts and eats other animals

animal hunted or caught for food

organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter

an organism that eats producers

the animal that eats the primary consumer

a predator in the food chain/web that no other consumer eats  (apex predator)

movement of energy from one object to another (shown by an arrow)

an organism that CAN make its own food (producer)

an organism that CANNOT make its own food (consumers)

a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

a pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area