Types of eaters
Carnivore
animal that eats other animals
Predator
animal that hunts and eats other animals
System
set of things working together
Component
part of a larger whole
Food web
many interconnected food chains in an ecosystem
Consumer
organism that feeds on other plants or animals for energy
Prey
animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
community of interacting organisms and the environment
problem that interrupts an event, activity, or process
unit of measurement for mass
Decomposer
organisms that break down dead matter into smaller pieces
organism that uses the sunlight to make its own food
system that does not allow the transfer of matter in or out of it
Energy
Ability to do work
Mass
Measures the amount of matter in an object
animals that eats only plants (plant-eater)
Organism
a living thing
Aquaponics
a system that combines growing fish and plants where both benefit from each other
Feces
waste matter discharged from animals
Matter
anything that occupies space and has mass
Omnivore
animal that eats both plants and animals
Matter
Photosynthesis
chemical process by which plants use sunlight to make food
Single sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another
Nutrients
substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and survival