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| organism that must obtain energy to build molecules by consuming other organisms. |
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| also called a heterotroph |
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| orgainism that obtains energy by absorbing the breakdown products of decaying matter |
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| animal that eats both plants and animals |
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| organism that obtains energy from sunlight or inoragnic chemicals |
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| organism that consumes matter in order to obtain energy |
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| examples include a wolf and a venus fly trap plant |
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| organism that eats only plant matter |
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| process by which living things obtain energy from the bonds of food molecules |
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| the recycling of substances necessary for life |
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| the process by which water moves through the air, land, and oceans |
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| organism that makes its own food from energy found in the enviroment, and it is a source of energy for organisms higher on the food chain |
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| process by which organisms use light energy, carbon dioxide, and water to produce organic molecules such as glucose |
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| linear pathway of energy transfer in an ecosystem |
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| a diagrammatic representation of a network of feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
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| something that can contain several food chains |
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