2. A producer is an organism that gets its energy from the sun. Example: sunflower plant

3. A consumer is an organism that can NOT get its energy directly from the sun. It must consume food to get energy. Example: elephant

4.  A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead organisms.  Example: worms

5.  A fungus is an organism that decomposes material. Example: mushrooms

6.  An herbivore is an animal that eats only plants.  Example: cows

7. A carnivore is an animal that eats only meat. Example: tiger

8.  An omnivore eats both plants and meat.  Example: people

9.  Trophic levels are a level of organization that represents where an organism is on the food chain.

10.  A food chain shows the feeding relationship in a direct line in an ecosystem.

11.  A food web shows all of the food chains connected to each other within an ecosystem.