feeds on dead animal and plant material present in its habitat e.g. vultures, yellow jackets, raccoons

feeds on dead matter and recycles it back into the ecosystem e.g. fungi

make their food (i.e. energy), using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water

consumer/ heterotroph

eats others organisms as a source of food/energy

feeds on dead matter that scavengers leave behind e.g. Woodlice, dung flies, millipedes

sum total of all living organisms within an ecosystem

eats both plants and animals, e.g. raccoon

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Ecology

Term	Definition
biotic	living
Scavenger	feeds on dead animal and plant material present in its habitat e.g. vultures, yellow jackets, raccoons
decomposer	feeds on dead matter and recycles it back into the ecosystem e.g. fungi
producer / autotroph	make their food (i.e. energy), using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water
abiotic	nonliving
consumer/ heterotroph	eats others organisms as a source of food/energy
Detritivore	feeds on dead matter that scavengers leave behind e.g. Woodlice, dung flies, millipedes
Biodiversity	sum total of all living organisms within an ecosystem
omnivore	eats both plants and animals, e.g. raccoon