Organism

An individual animal, plant, or single- celled life form.

Producer (Autotroph)

Makes it own food through sunlight They make their own food

Consumer (Heterotroph)

Eats other organisms for food

Herbivore

Consumer that eats plants only

Carnivore

Consumer that eats other animals

Omnivore

Consumer that eats both animals and plants

Scavenger

Consumers that eat the bodies of already dead animals

Decomposer

Living thing that breaks down dead organisms (Recyclers )

Food Chain

A food chain shows how each living thing gets its food. Each link in this chain is food for the next link. A food chain always starts with plant life and ends with an animal.

Food Web

A graphic (picture) that shows the organisms that eat and get eaten in an environment.

Energy Pyramid

Habitat

The environment where something lives.

Niche

An organisms way of life in an ecosystem; including habitat, food, predators and competition

Limiting Factors

Anything that keeps a population from growing to large Examples: food, water, living space

Carrying Capacity

The largest population that a given environment can support over a long period of time