Biology: Interdependence

Producer

An organism that can make its own food.

consumer

An organism that eats other organisms

decomposer

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

parasites

an organism that lives on and gets its energy from a host organism. Causes harm to the host.

carnivore

A consumer that eats other animals

herbivore

A consumer that eats only plants.

omnivore

A consumer that eats both plants and animals.

Primary Consumers (FIRST LEVEL)

animals that feed on producers; ex. herbivores

Secondary Consumers (SECOND LEVEL)

Animals that get energy from eating other animals

Tertiary Consumers (THIRD LEVEL)

Carnivores that eat other Carnivores

Trophic Level

Indicates organism's position in a sequence of energy transfers

Interdependence

Dependence on organism's connections with other parts of enviroment

Mutualism

Beneficial for both

Commensalism

1 species benefits and other is neither helped or harmes

Parasitism

1 species benefits and other is harmed

Symbiosis

2 species living together

Autotroph

Producer, produces own nutrients, bottom of the food chain

Heterotroph

Eats producers, consumer, obtains nutrients by eating others animal matter