makes own food (usually photosynthesis)

eats other organisms or their products

eats organic litter/ small dead stuff

continuous line of energy transfers from producer to top carnivore

all of the feeding interactions (food chains) for a specific area

the amount of energy stored in the tissues of an organism

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Question	Answer
autotroph	makes own food (usually photosynthesis)
Heterotroph	eats other organisms or their products
Producer	autotroph for a food web/chain
consumer	heterotroph in food web
herbivore	eats plants
carnivore	eats meat
detritivore	eats organic litter/ small dead stuff
decomposer	breaks down dead stuff
food chain	continuous line of energy transfers from producer to top carnivore
food web	all of the feeding interactions (food chains) for a specific area
omnivore	eats both plants and animals
biomass	the amount of energy stored in the tissues of an organism