1. Ecology Terms The ones you have to know

2. Producer: An organism that can make its own food for energy.

3. Plants

4. Protists/ algae

5. Chemosynthetic Bacteria

6. Producers A.K.A: Autotrophs Plants

7. Consumer: An organism that consumes/ eats other organisms to obtain energy – A.K.A : Heterotrophs

8. Primary Consumers

9. Primary consumers A.K.A Herbivores Plant eaters

10. Secondary Consumer

11. Tertiary Consumer

12. Secondary and Tertiary Consumers A.K.A Omnivores: eats animal and plant material Carnivores: eats animal material

13. Decomposer An organism that breaks down the material from other dead and dying organisms for energy

14. Fungi/ Bacteria

15. Decomposers A.K.A Fungi Bacteria

16. Predator An organism that kills another organism for energy

17. Prey Organisms killed for energy