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2-Eco & Food Web *
Ecosystems & Food Webs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems | living and nonliving things in an area |
| Food Chain | food energy moving from one organism to another |
| Producers | organisms that get their energy directly from the sun |
| Consumer | any animal that eats to live |
| Herbivore | plant eaters |
| Carnivores | meat eaters |
| Omnivore | eats both plants and animals |
| Food Web | connected food chains |
| Decomposer | organism that breaks down dead things - starts the food chain over |
| Abiotic | non-living things |
| Biotic | living things |
| Biome | areas with similar weather and ecosystems |