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Chapter 10 Lesson 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| producer | an organism that produces its own food (ex: grass) |
| consumer | an organism that cannot make its own food (ex: dog) |
| food chain | a model showing how energy flows in an ecosystem through feeding relationships |
| food web | a model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected |
| herbivore | animal that only eats plants (ex: rabbit) |
| carnivore | animal that only eats other animals (ex: wolf) |
| omnivore | animal that eats both plants and other animals (ex: humans) |
| decomposer | organisms that break down other organisms (ex: fungi) |