vocab
is a single individual, or being
organism
a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.
food chain
kills and eats another organism, its prey.
predator
points to the flow of enegery
arrows
is a category that belongs within the food chain of an ecosystem. It refers predominantly to animals
consumer
are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, they carry out decomposition, a process possible by only certain kingdoms, such as fungi.
decomposer
epresents multiple pathways through which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem. It includes many intersecting food chains. It demonstrates that most organisms eat, and are eaten, by more than one species.
food web