Ecosystems and Food Chains

Producer - an organism that makes its own food naturally

Consumer - an organism that

Decomposer - all of the combined populations in an ecosystem (rainforest, grassland, desert, ocean)

Producer - organisms that produce their own food (example: plants)

Consumer - organisms that eat other organisms to survive (examples: humans. horses, fish)

Decomposer - organisms that break down dead and decaying organisms (examples: mushrooms, bacteria, maggots)

Herbivore - consumer that eats plants (examples: cows, zebras, rabbits)

Carnivore - consumer that eats animals (examples: lions, tigers, sharks)

Omnivore - consumer that eats both plants AND animals (examples: humans, bears, raccoons)