24 - Ecology - List 2

producer

• material found in nature that is used by living things

• can be reused or replaced

• cannot be reused or replaced

• wise use of natural resources

• an organism that makes its own food

natural resource

• material found in nature that is used by living things

• can be reused or replaced

• cannot be reused or replaced

• wise use of natural resources

• an organism that makes its own food

non-renewable

• material found in nature that is used by living things

• can be reused or replaced

• cannot be reused or replaced

• wise use of natural resources

• an organism that makes its own food

conservation

• material found in nature that is used by living things

• can be reused or replaced

• cannot be reused or replaced

• wise use of natural resources

• an organism that makes its own food

renewable

• material found in nature that is used by living things

• can be reused or replaced

• cannot be reused or replaced

• wise use of natural resources

• an organism that makes its own food

decomposer

• an organism that gets food by eating other organisms

• animal that eats only dead organisms

• organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms

• animal that eats only plants

• animal that eats only animals

herbivore

• an organism that gets food by eating other organisms

• animal that eats only dead organisms

• organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms

• animal that eats only plants

• animal that eats only animals

consumer

• an organism that gets food by eating other organisms

• animal that eats only dead organisms

• organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms

• animal that eats only plants

• animal that eats only animals

scavenger

• animal that eats both plants and animals

• animal that eats only dead organisms

• organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms

• animal that makes its own food

• animal that eats only animals

omnivore

• animal that eats both plants and animals

• animal that eats only dead organisms

• organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms

• animal that makes its own food

• animal that eats only animals